and this is a quote that i took from mahatma gandhi, tweaked a little bit. and here it goes: >> thank you very much for all thed you do for patients who come to this hospital. it's noble work, it's not easy work, but it's work worth doing. thank you. [applause] we have ten minutes for questions and comments. and, please, come to the microphone which is over here. >> [inaudible] the mic is not on? i'm in cardiology practice for many years. i was very surprised about -- [inaudible] hospice. i have a patient who -- i'm a little bit emotional, so give me the time. i had a patient who i have been taking care of for the last many years, and the doctor come to me, and she says that i can't take care of her. i want my mother to be put in hospice. so i say, well, your mother is not dying. so she said, well, i want her to be in hospice. what i say? as far as i'm concerned, the criteria is you have end-stage cancer and you can't take care of yourselves, you're going to die within six months or something like that. so she left. about two weeks after that, patient, i got