Three local hospitals have been leveled huge fines lately. What for, you ask?
~ One hospital allowed a couple of patients to regain consciousness during surgery. (Egad. One of my biggest fears.)
~ One allowed a patient to fall off the operating table during surgery. (Just how does that even happen??)
~ And … the other forgot to put a patient on a ventilator. The patient died.
Well.
Thank God Tijuana is so close.
*shudder* That is so wrong. You should have a card in your wallet with info as to where you want them to take you (as in NOT THOSE PLACES) in case you’re hurt and can’t speak for yourself.
Good idea. A card that says, “Please take me to an alley in Tijuana, thankee.”
Um-be-lebibble.
Heck, the first one was a Bloom County gag years and years ago, after Sean Penn broke Steve Dallas’ back: “Hey, doc! I’m still awake! I can feel EVERYTHING!” Doc: “Nurse, fetch the patient a Bud.” Later, they “debrief” him by whispering “You will NOT sue” repeatedly while he lies in a daze in recovery.
You’d fire a writer who put any of these into a medical drama.
“Thank God Tijuana is so close” — LOL, tracey.