Hospitals as we know them are

Verified Atheist — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:28:46 +0000

In reply to Back when I was getting my BS

Hospitals as we know them are for-profit institutions…

Just to add a little less cynicism (though I don't dispute that your cynicism is accurate), there are many non-profit hospitals, but they also have to make similar budgetary decisions. I would, however, trust them to make better decisions than hospitals that have to answer to stockholders.

Back when I was getting my BS

Beetlejuice — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:54:57 +0000

In reply to U.S. nurses say they are unprepared to handle Ebola patients

Back when I was getting my BS in Business Admin I was introduced to the Business Model.

No point in regurgitating it in it's entirety, but here's a few pointers :

1) not prepared to handle patients with ....

That's a cost issue. It costs money to have the necessary items on hand and ready to use. And there's the issue of where will it be stored, life expectancy of the individual items, someone to routinely check to make sure expired items are properly discarded and replaced and so forth. That's a lot of money tied up that can't be used for other things. And every medical abnormality requires different medical items to combat so there would be multiple storage areas depending on the number of diseases. Just imagine how many deadly viruses there are, like ebola, and then imagine what a hospital would need to have on hand for each, where to store it, inventory management and so forth. And also take into account the area population and what statistics say about the number of people per thousand that could be infected depending on the disease.

2) hospital has not communicated to them any policy regarding potential admission of patients infected by ...

Hospitals as we know them are for-profit institutions, There will be a policy only when the threat of the disease is already in the area ... not until then. In other words, when they have to deal with a medical/health threat, a policy will be issued for medical staff to follow.

3) hospital has insufficient supplies of eye protection and fluid-resistant gowns.

Local hospitals are not part of the CDC, so unless they're engaged in medical activities/practices that require special devices, their shelves will be bare because the necessity for them does not exist.

Medical equipment and drugs to combat epidemics and pandemics that are not part of the local medical health climate of an area are never sitting in inventory just in case they might be needed some day. If one does hit your area, hope you're not one of the first ones to get sick or hope you have a strong constitution.

It's all about profit ... taking your money and betting on the chance you will live a long and prosperous life and never have any need of serious medical attention.

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Hospitals as we know them are

Back when I was getting my BS