Ward Rounds

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Five decades after a slim book of poems written by medical intern K. Dale Beernink first saw print </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Ward Rounds</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is being re-issued. The poems present a doctor's view of various patients one might encounter in a hospital. The author a brilliant student fine musician and talented writer was diagnosed with myelocytic leukemia during his internship; he died three years later. His poems still find resonance today. They show that beyond the illnesses that bring people into contact with medical practitioners are complicated unique human beings.</span></p><p><br></p>