Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Are hospitals as safe as they used to be? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Anonymous Posted at 5:31 am on July 11, 2008 I was just looking at the news on AOL the other day and I noticed that some more babies at Corpus Christi hospital had been given an overdose of the blood thinner Heparin. This happend to Dennis Quaid's little girls a little while ago, at the same hospital. It makes me wonder.....Are hospitals as safe as they used to be? And are there more precautions that could be taken to make them safer? I know that alot of doctors and nurses work long hours and also work overtime, eventually making their work weeks in excess of 60 hours. I know that in some places you get sent home if you start to approach overtime, not only for money reasons, but for your health. A few weeks ago, a lady passed out on the floor of a hospital and died, and NO ONE did a thing to help her. She toppled over due to a massive MI and people sat around her for an hour and did nothing. Finally a woman told a lady at the reception desk and she took about 30 minutes to call a response team, but it was already too late and the woman died. In an unrelated event, a top toyota engineer in Japan just died, and the company said he died as a result of "extreme fatigue, due to overworking and stress". For some reason, I just don't feel that I would be safe in a hospital anymore.... Your thoughts?

Replies nikki Posted at 5:54 am on July 15, 2008 The NHS is particular is going downhill because of a HUGE lack of funding. handsfree Posted at 2:11 pm on July 11, 2008 Quote: from carbonara at 7:35 am on July 11, 2008 My mother has great issues on this topic and i kind of agree with what she says about hospitals. Certainly here in Britain the hospitals have gone down hill, there is no doubt about that. They are dirtier which makes it even more possible for people to get infections and pick up bugs while staying there (MRSA). Now, my mother believes that this is because they abolished the 'matrons' and i have to say she makes a convincing argument.   Intrahospitalarian StaphAu is a 1/300,000 case... You gotta see the hospitals down there in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina... those ARE risky, they don't even have Methicillin for non-resistant genotypes... come on, you're in the first world. handsfree Posted at 2:08 pm on July 11, 2008 Quote: from carbonara at 7:35 am on July 11, 2008 My mother has great issues on this topic and i kind of agree with what she says about hospitals. Certainly here in Britain the hospitals have gone down hill, there is no doubt about that. They are dirtier which makes it even more possible for people to get infections and pick up bugs while staying there (MRSA). Now, my mother believes that this is because they abolished the 'matrons' and i have to say she makes a convincing argument. Sorry, I made a mistake, read the next post.... mods, if ya want to remove this, go on, my actual post is the next one. Anonymous Posted at 6:27 am on July 11, 2008 No one does. Everything is machine operated or some shit. devilindisguize Posted at 5:56 am on July 11, 2008 no, i dont think they are. doctors just dont seem to have the time or patience for anyone anymore, as long as they get paid the big bucks, they dont really care. this doesnt go for all of them though, just alot, Anonymous Posted at 5:52 am on July 11, 2008 I suppose it could be where you live as well that affects it. xoxo1234 Posted at 5:51 am on July 11, 2008 While I agree with you that this is a serious issue, I don't think it's ever really been any better. I was hospitalized a few weeks ago, and taking in mind I wasn't actually sick (I was in for depression) and didn't need constant medical attention, I found the lack of doctors absolutely shocking. They were so hassled, running around like crazy. Even the nurses had to rush. I know it's not just this one hospital because I was also hospitalized a few times in the states and experienced the same issues. Tooey Posted at 5:50 am on July 11, 2008 Depends on whats wrong with you, yes i know in some hospitals clenlyness is worse and this could be because that duty was taken away from the nurses but in alot of hospitals it isn't as bad as the papers make it out to be. People died years ago from bugs in hospitals but the papers didn't report on it. The situations you discribed may not be as simple as what you are saying im guessing you didn't witness this first hand by missing important details out you can make a situation sound worse its a common problem especially with quotes alot of context can be lost. Anyway back to the original point if you are suffering from a bad illness (that is what hospitals are designed for) then you need to go to hospital there is to much attention on how safe they are incomparison to the past. If someone starts a comparison with 'Back in my day' ignore them :) since time isnt as comparible technology and medicine has improved dramaticly and also alot of illnesses weren't known or curable so people got sent home as a solution those arn't part of the statistics often compared. As for matrons yes this sounds like a good idea, but hospitals are far to big for one person to police. Bringing cleaning back to the nurses is an option but i dont see a billion pound increase in nurse wages to have enough staff to do the work being on one of the election pieces. Hospitals cost alot its simple as that and if we want our hospitals better we are going to pay more tax. Anonymous Posted at 5:49 am on July 11, 2008 Oh, okay. Thanks. MaryLin Posted at 5:48 am on July 11, 2008 I don't know. But I guess the lack of doctors gives the existing ones a lot of extra pressure due to which they have to work overtime which results in fatigue and probably abstraction if you see what I mean. Doctors are humans also and it's human to make mistakes. Believe me, they feel like shit when they screw up but they have to get over it. They have to be very strong emotionally. And they can't save every single patient, that's the rule of life. carbonara Posted at 5:48 am on July 11, 2008 Quote: from Anonymous at 1:46 pm on July 11, 2008 What kind of a super bug? MRSA Anonymous Posted at 5:46 am on July 11, 2008 What kind of a super bug? La Motta Posted at 5:45 am on July 11, 2008 Definitely not, we have a super bug in the hospitals over here!! Anonymous Posted at 5:40 am on July 11, 2008 I'm not impressed with them. At all. carbonara Posted at 5:35 am on July 11, 2008 My mother has great issues on this topic and i kind of agree with what she says about hospitals. Certainly here in Britain the hospitals have gone down hill, there is no doubt about that. They are dirtier which makes it even more possible for people to get infections and pick up bugs while staying there (MRSA). 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