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All they care about is the bottom line, which is money
by hanniabu 7y ago
All they care about is the bottom line, which is money
- jazoom 7y agoAll it takes is for one child to die overnight and the parents to sue and you can be sure all patients will get their vitals checked regularly. This is how healthcare works. Source: am a doctor and see this kind of thing on small and large scales
- hanniabu 7y agoIsn't this why there's monitors? You can also do a visual checkup without waking up the patient.
- jazoom 7y agoWhat monitor are you thinking of? Not everyone gets telemetry. BP cuffs get very tight and will probably wake you up. You may even wake up if a saturation probe is put on your finger. >You can also do a visual checkup without waking up the patient. You can get respiratory rate visually. What other vital sign can you get without touching the patient? Transdermal temp. maybe (inaccurate).
- namdnay 7y agoBullshit. If that were true, this behavior remains wouldn’t exist in public hospitals in countries with socialised health care. And yet it does
- dang 7y agoGood comment except for the first bit, which you should shorten out, as the guidelines ask: "When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y agoMaybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. And please note this guideline: "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html