Deep Sarcasm

This isn’t much of a blog entry, but I felt like I just had to write this. Take a look at this story here, it’s just completely horrendous. What kind of hospital lets a patient die after two hours of unattended, casually observed suffering? I’m not one to judge too soon, but it’s apparent that this particular medical facility was not particularly concerned about the welfare of its patients. I just hope they are aptly punished for their negligence.

Besides incidents like these, which are usually isolated, hospitals aren’t very charitable - So you ran out of money? It’s out on the pavement with you. It doesn’t matter if you have a sore throat or fatal cancer, as long as you aren’t paying you might as well curl up and die - just don’t do it on our premises, ’cause we might get in trouble, got it?

This kind of attitude would probably not cut it in a small town or a village, because of the close knit communities and mutual back-scratching. In an urban setting, however, it’s usually the norm to ask questions first and saves lives later. After all, a doctor who learns after saving a life that he isn’t going to get paid is going to want to kill the patient anyway, right? So let’s just let him die now, instead of wasting precious resources on a worthless existence.