The hospital: Worst place to be, especially if you're sick

[Jim Wynne]

Having just finished four days of hospitalization for an upper GI problem, I can once again testify to the fact that a hospital is no place for a sick person to be. I wrote about this last year in my local newspaper, and also posted the piece here. As I said in the comments under that post, I have boundless respect for nurses and the other people involved in taking care of hospitalized people, but the system as a whole seems to be directed at making patients as miserable as possible, which makes the plight of nurses even more difficult.

 

[Randy]

I was being transported into the ER (one of my many and frequent trips when I was a cop), after a particularly harrowing experience, when they dropped the gurney I was on off of the loading dock. The gurney bounced off the pavement, I bounced off the gurney, and tumbled next to the abulance where I started. Needless to say the fact that I was armed, injured, pizzed, went after the medic, and full of angry retorts that couldn't be printed in even the worst mens magazine enticed the medical folks to improve the care I was receiving.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Upon leaving the hospital, I was given the attached diet advice, which seems to indicate that I can't eat anything, except maybe grass, and it has to be cooked first. It also says that I should eat six small meals a day, and eat slowly, which means that I won't have time to do anything but eat nothing all day. :truce:

 

[Stijloor]

Having just finished four days of hospitalization for an upper GI problem, I can once again testify to the fact that a hospital is no place for a sick person to be. I wrote about this last year in my local newspaper, and also posted the piece here. As I said in the comments under that post, I have boundless respect for nurses and the other people involved in taking care of hospitalized people, but the system as a whole seems to be directed at making patients as miserable as possible, which makes the plight of nurses even more difficult.

Hello Jim,

Are you doing OK now?

Wishing you the very best!

Stijloor.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Hello Jim,

Are you doing OK now?

Wishing you the very best!

Stijloor.

Much better, thanks.

 

[Randy]

Upon leaving the hospital, I was given the attached diet advice, which seems to indicate that I can't eat anything, except maybe grass, and it has to be cooked first. It also says that I should eat six small meals a day, and eat slowly, which means that I won't have time to do anything but eat nothing all day. :truce:

Ahhhhhhhhh, the Jello diet. Been there myself.

One good thing, you don't need to worry about trying to lose weight.

 

[Wes Bucey]

Upon leaving the hospital, I was given the attached diet advice, which seems to indicate that I can't eat anything, except maybe grass, and it has to be cooked first. It also says that I should eat six small meals a day, and eat slowly, which means that I won't have time to do anything but eat nothing all day. :truce:

Looks like you are allowed ALL raw meat, since I see NO PROSCRIPTION against such fare - you just can't spice it - your new dog will be jealous.

It also seems you need to mount a chin strap hanging from the ceiling so you can have a post-prandial nap in an erect position!

 

[MikeL]

Don't drink the water.

I thought this thread was meant to be humerous. Seems pretty serious stuff.

We have just had two big outbreaks of gastro, one in a old folks home (sorry I meant residential care facility) the other in a hospital.

The hospital one was so bad they were asking relatives and friends to stay away.

I have done a few ISO9001 programs in healthcare but the biggest problem with that sector is that they believe they are different from all other industries and therefore stuff that we as quality practitioners believe to be basic they won't do.

Our State Government (South Australia) has just issued yet another 4 year blueprint for improving quality and safety in Healthcare.

But there is no compliance requirement; "goodwill" and "corridor meetings" are amongst the words used to describe how the blueprint will be implemented.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Re: Don't drink the water.

I thought this thread was meant to be humerous. Seems pretty serious stuff.

The (allegedly) humorous part was the article I linked to in the initial post.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Ahhhhhhhhh, the Jello diet. Been there myself.

One good thing, you don't need to worry about trying to lose weight.

I hate Jell-O, but I went three days with only IV fluids (no food or drink of any kind, not even water), and let me tell you--when they brought that bowl of Jell-O in on the fourth morning, it was very good, and I wanted more.