Hospitalized meaning what? They walked into the ER and were treated or were assigned a bed in ICU?
Even “assigned a bed in the ICU” is misleading. I think some have been using the classic trick of assigning a bed, wheeling the patient off to the ICU waiting room because the ICU is supposedly full and he has to wait for his bed, and then after midnight, discharging him because they can then collect for his having been in the ICU…even though he was only in the waiting room.
I think there needs to be a serious review of all of these hospitals and their practices. The worse they make it look, the more money they get.
One of our grandsons was sick recently, and it got to the point that he might need an ER visit. However, I thought what if every time a sick toddler or baby shows up at the ER with stomach flu or a respiratory illness, they get jabbed up the nose for a Covid test? That hurts, and with a struggling baby, there is a greater chance of injury. Parents are going to be reluctant to take their children to the ER. This is all insane.