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I’ve been in hospital in the US and in hospital in Oz, for the same condition.
Let’s just say that the hospital experience in the US (at least in the two major cities I was in at the time) is a profoundly unpleasant experience at the best of times, before Covid.
My experience with the staff was that in the whole they were rushed, impatient, rude, and not particularly compassionate.
I’ve had one miscarriage and one live birth in Los Angeles hospitals. I won’t tell you about the miscarriage, and how they handled it - it’s pretty graphic - but suffice to say I had one nurse who was absolutely brutal and scathing in her judgment that it must have been my fault. But both experiences were absolutely sub par and traumatic.
This kind of experience is not limited to Covid patients and pre dates the pandemic.
No offence meant to all the great staff out there. Unfortunately I didn’t encounter many of them, in big city hospitals.
How did he know he had COVID? Why did he wait 10 days to go to the hospital?
What Hospital? How long was he in the Hospital? Was this the ER or an actual Hospital Room?
I have never heard of anyone being LOCKED in a hospital room, unless they were a danger to themselves or others, but then it is usually more than just being locked in a room.
What sort of pain killer is he getting for pneumonia?
The hospital was in Indiana. He had tested positive earlier. He had to go to the hospital 2x's because he was throwing up for 10x days straight. He could not keep anything down. So he had to get the IV .
Excuse my language of locked, but being hooked up to IVs and machines while you are throwing up in a room is basically being locked in it.
He did not tell me what exactly the scripts were but 2x pain killer and 1x for the pneumonia .
He is still recovering at this point, but fever is gone/puking is gone.
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Yes.
Since we will all be picking up part of the tab for his hospital bill via increased insurance premiums or government reimbursement to hospitals, and while he is occupying a bed in the ED, others are sitting in the waiting room.
So?
We do the same with those that drink, smoke, over eat, have unprotected sex, crash their cars, do stupid stuff like the silly challenges, etc. We even pick up the tab for illegals who are "occupying a bed in the ED, others are sitting in the waiting room".
Amazing how a sizable portion of otherwise rational people have decided that the medical profession is now the enemy. Only to turn around and whine how the same professionals seem not to like them, once it's their turn to need O2.
The Medical "profession" is becoming more and more of a joke in America.
There are some excellent doctors, nurses and hospitals but more and more in America are just getting into it for the fortunes they make and it shows.
Hardly any hospital beds per-capita, extremely high nurse and physician wages which means very, very few physicians per-capita.
Biologic medications that cause delay the inevitable while causing costs to surge.
There is excellent healthcare to be found but it is few and far between.
So strange that those who don't trust medical science enough to get vaccinated, hot foot it to the nearest hospital when they get Covid and then complain about the care.
He got oxygen, an IV, medication but is complaining that he didn't get the attention he so richly deserved.
My cousin recently caught covid. He said he was throwing up non-stop for 10 days and also had Pneumonia. He said he went to the hospital and was in the room. They asked him if he was vaccinated... when he said no. The healthcare worker's demeanor completely changed. He said "well i don't have to go through what you are because IM VACCINATED" . When are you people going to learn...
He said he was locked in a room for hours, no blanket, nobody checked on him, and even when his o2 machine went off... Nobody came.....
Literally said it was living hell.
They gave him nothing besides painkillers and something for the Pneumonia.
Sounds like these hospitals are basically refusing care for the un-vaccinated and trying to intentionally kill people. Seems like they are being political at this point.
This is insane.
Welp, everyone was warned....
It's not political, at this point unless you have a good reason (Allergy/Complications) you shouldn't expect a warm welcome. These Healthcare workers are beat. And your cousin is contributing to it.
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