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Declaring your neighbor dead : Ugly situations

Hey all  First experience for everything. This is the first and last breathe of yours for the day. There is always a first time and a second last chance. Though declaring a person dead is a simple routine, but undoubtedly a critical moment for a doctor, especially when the person dying is your neighbour.  Declaring death is not technically hard but it is weird and sad. It is an organized step-wise process of patient’s examination to assess the brain functions.  I take a day off from work. Refuse an exchange of duty of a co worker. Plan to go out to an amusement park gets popped by momma ,the dearest. I switch to YouTube. Get up. The neighbor aunty called up. Her mother in law is not keeping well.  Yeah . So ? Take your stethescope and Walk! Oh hello , Madam. Not well? LIke what went wrong. Tell me proper history. I didn’t want to go there for chronic backache! Am ERPhysician ! Just come.  Ok mom. Get the