Some nonpartisan outrage

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Re: Some nonpartisan outrage

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drumdude wrote:
Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:08 am
Res Ipsa wrote:
Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:06 am


Good to see the ultimate check on the system step up and do his job.
Only because he got enough publicity. Mandatory minimum sentences need to be abolished.
That’s my opinion as well.
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Re: Some nonpartisan outrage

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Father Francis wrote:
Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:36 am
On a similar note, there's an insane shortage in healthcare right now. The other day I worked my unit of 27 patients with 3 nurses, two aides and one respiratory therapist. That meant 27 trached patients on vents with just one therapist and only two aides on a unit where most people require two aides for routine cares. The aides are supposed to round on each patient every two hours. That gives them a little over 4 minutes per patient to fulfill their duty. I can tell you from experience that even the easiest patients take at least 10 minutes for CNA cares.
That's even scarier than the trucker shortage! As you probably are much more aware of than I, some non-covid patients have been dying from conditions or ailments that could have been routinely taken care of with a few days of competent hospital care if only they hadn't had to wait too many days for an available hospital bed due to many hospitals filled to over capacity by covid patients. I was hospitalized shortly before the pandemic for a serious urinary tract infection and sepsis that required intravenous injection of antibiotics. I received excellent and conscientious care from the hospital staff, and was able to go home, restored to good health within a few days. If the same thing happened to me now, I doubt a hospital bed would have been so promptly available or that the nurses would have had as much time to monitor my progress and attend to my needs. It is not inconceivable that I would have died waiting for an available bed.
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