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Oh my god how is this a problem in the modern age? The modern age? 100 or even just 50 years ago hospital wards were run by "matrons", fierce and experienced n
by gaius 9y ago
Oh my god how is this a problem in the modern age?
The modern age? 100 or even just 50 years ago hospital wards were run by "matrons", fierce and experienced nurses who ran their wards like a Sergeant Major inspected a Guards regiment, everything immaculate. That system was scrapped in favour of what we have now, a fluffy blame-free culture where no-one is responsible for anything. The problem of failing to maintain standards is entirely a "modern" one, sadly.
- pjc50 9y agoThis sounds like a nostalgia-tinged anti-political-correctness view; a hundred years ago was the end of the first World War, and the controversial introduction of hygene was in living memory. Could do with some stats either way.
- shifter 9y agoTo be fair, you're discounting the possibility that nostalgia-tinged anti-political-correctness views are correct ;-)
- Apocryphon 9y agoA hundred years ago was also the outbreak of the Spanish Flu pandemic which killed 3-5% of the global population, not exactly a golden age for public health.