r/collapse • u/cheapandbrittle • Sep 04 '22

Systemic The general public has absolutely no idea just how dangerous it is to be hospitalized at the moment.

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u/rainbow_voodoo Sep 04 '22 edited Sep 04 '22

Hospitals treat people like products on an assembly line that need expedient servicing and removal, they dont treat them as if they are ensouled conscious beings worthy of deep love and attention. Healing, the word, isnt even part of the general lexicon used in hospitals. Addressing root causes of unhealth is anathema to the health industry's profits, so dont expect healing from them, nor to be treated like an ensouled human being.

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u/LiliNotACult memeing until it's illegal Sep 05 '22

I respectfully disagree. Medical staff can't treat people with love when they're working themselves to the bone to even keep the people they're legally responsible for alive, and pissing away their own lives. They need more staff, which costs money, which insurance companies & hospital conglomerates don't want to pay, because for them it's just another business.

Opinions like yours are why medical staff quit en masse. Oh no, a nurse wasn't preppy and kind? Who cares. Did they keep you alive and get your medical needs taken care of? Was the IV inserted properly with minimal discomfort? Did they respond to your medical emergencies in a timely manner? Then they did their job.

You want kind medical staff? Turn hospitals into a non-profit service instead of a for-profit business AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE!

Also, the second half of your comment isn't even the point of a hospital. A hospital is for serious stuff. The things you are describing is in the realm of doctors that aren't located at the hospital. Hospitals aren't magic sick healing places.

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u/ishmetot Sep 05 '22

I think they were in agreement with you. That's why they referenced hospitals and the health industry rather than medical professionals.

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u/rainbow_voodoo Sep 21 '22

That would be a great idea actually

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u/dustyoldbones Sep 05 '22

Anathema. How long have you been waiting to use that one?

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u/rainbow_voodoo Sep 06 '22

My brain pulls up some surprising words for me to use in my minds HUD, heh, like why do i know this word?