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Imagine what happens to people like this who have no family.
by fipple 8y ago
Imagine what happens to people like this who have no family.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoThey stay in a reputable medical institution and get better after a debilitating aneurism?
- ars 8y agoThat demonstrates an ignorance of what the medical profession is like in practice. People without family to watch them get terrible care. There are exceptions (ICU for example is usually pretty good), but any care that doesn't have someone watching/caring for them 24/7 is going to be bad. You NEED someone in the hospital watching out for you, unless you are in a unit where there is a permanent nurse on duty with you (not doing rounds). Typically family or friends fulfill this role because hospitals can not afford to do it.
- mikelward 8y agoHad a recent experience where there was no continuity of care. Every nurse did something different, despite specialists assuring us that instructions were on file. Were the nurses even reading the chart/orders? Definitely worried things would have been worse if we weren't both present and lucid.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoWe weren't talking county general here. This was the Mayo clinic. I'm appalled at the anti-science luddite response to this yellow journalism that's called a news article, especially from HN folk.
- fipple 8y agoLOL... my mother was in a hospital more famous than Mayo and it’s a lot different than you might think. My mother got 1000% better care than her roommates that didn’t have 24/7 family coverage.
- sauditya 8y agoOr till their insurance runs out...