Compassion is one thing. Rude and nastry is quite another.
I don’t need compassion when I’m in the ER. No matter what I weigh. But I’m betting these ER personnel have had enough burn-out that they are caustic and ugly with ALL their patients.
I was bitten by a dog last year (my own!) and I must say everyone was nice to me in the ER. But then, for them, it was really a low-stress situation. And all the doctors gathered around to see an intern use a new instrument to saw off my wedding band since my hand had blown up. They were quite delighted with the results.
But this story seems to involve disgust on the part of health care workers. That’s sad.
In my experience of going to the ER and spending 8 days in intensive care they are much more caring for people who haven’t created the situation causing them trouble.
I don’t have a lot of sympathy for someone 600 lbs. 600 lbs is significantly past the point where they need to wake the heck up and address their problem.