Fox news ran nothing but N'leans stuff all day Sunday before the storm hit....
I remember people coming to the Superdome and were told repeatedly to have their own food, water, etc, for 3 ot 5 days I think.....
its not like people weren't warned....
we have to come to grips in this country about medical/health care....that is, there is NOT enough money or staff nor will there ever be to take care of our loved ones the way we want them to be taken care of....
if you have a loved one in the hosptial or nursing home or adult home, you have to take a very active role in their care....
no more blaming the health care system....
In the hosptial where I work, many if not most of the patients are HUGE people, and it takes more than one to move them, and if they are constantly incontinent, it takes all those people to clean them....we are talking basic care, not ever IV meds, or resp. treatments, or assessments, or charting, or calling the doc or dressing changes....
meanwhile, a little granny is down the hall being IGNORED because the staff is with another pt.....
there just is not enough staff....the health care bill would be triple if the staff to pt ratio was better....
honestly, until we can understand that the human life span does have limits, that we can't keep every diabetic pt with congestive heart failure and COPD alive indefinately, we will be chasing our own tails.....we'll never get there....
I hear med school is so grueling to get through, and yet there’s such a shortage of doctors. I can’t see that making it so hard to become a doctor is the best course.
I’m sure there are plenty of people who would like to take a shot at medical school who would make fine doctors if they could handle the physical demands. And if there were enough doctors, and nurses, then it wouldn’t be so hard on everyone and they wouldn’t be “forced” to weed out the weak ones.
I consider myself very fortunate. I’ve only run into one doctor that I think shouldn’t have been in the practice. All the doctors I’ve seen over the years have been pretty exceptional, and the little local hospital we use is wonderful.