It was dead quiet, as the few staff members who worked overnight were asleep. Suddenly I felt like somebody blew in my ear, like a silent whisper. It woke me up, and I could hear someone calling. I sensed it must be one of the patients in the same room my grandfather was. As I entered the room, an old man, perhaps in his early 60s, suffering from a stroke, was desperately trying to seek attention as he was choking on something