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I didn't post this to slam the health-care system (that certainly wouldn't be in my interest). I happen to believe that public reporting is important and existing protocols should be taken even more seriously. Better infection control methods should be developed. Of course, one should not enter the hospital for any procedure without weighing the risk/benefit calculus--there are no routine procedures as far as I'm concerned.

I've been hospitalized once; back in early 2000 I came down with an aggressive form of double pneumonia, delirious, I was admitted and given a 50% chance of survival. After hitting me with heavy doses of antibiotics, steroids, and nebulizer treatments, I slowly walked out of that hospital eight days later.(Spent another month at home recovering.) And I was otherwise a very healthy young man. I thank God for that hospital and physicians who directed my care. Looking back, it's fortuitous that I didn't acquire another pathogen while hospitalized because I likely wouldn't have been able to fight it off.