[Homestead] Anti-hospital Rant

Lynn Wigglesworth lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 20 14:20:28 EST 2009


> Many moons ago, I worked in a hospital as a cardiopulmonary tech.  That
> job entails working a lot with the elderly and people over 50 in
> general.  During those years, I saw a correlation between age and the
> amount of effort and care one receives.

While I was in the ER, the ambulance called in with a 28 year old with a 
spiral fracture of the arm. The ER arranged to have her taken to a larger 
hospital in the next county to have it worked on by an orthopedic specialist 
right away. My mother had been in the ER over an hour by then, and they 
hadn't even gotten her to x-ray yet. Age discrimination lives.

Lynn Wigglesworth 




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