tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post3805627447631569164..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: I made a hospital visitcatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-55027670878523739682017-05-17T18:38:17.838+09:302017-05-17T18:38:17.838+09:30I hope you don't think there is something spec...I hope you don't think there is something special about the equipment not working and lack of cleanliness. Here in Geneva where (to give an idea of what we pay for what is supposed to be about as good as health care gets) I pay the minimum possible compulsory health costs of about $9000AUD/year plus 10% of all bills, I watched a friend die in hospital last year. She had days where the machine she was hooked up to beeped incessantly because it didn't work properly - I don't know how she coped. And the night before she died, sharing a ward for about 8 people, one of them was insane, should not have been in a normal hospital at all, and spent the entire night screaming. No peace for Genia at any point, no wonder she tried to stay out of the place.cathycnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-19779087184367776942017-05-17T01:46:34.695+09:302017-05-17T01:46:34.695+09:30Yes. Those who are alone are fine in early years. ...Yes. Those who are alone are fine in early years. But as we age we start seeing how vulnerable we are. An acquaintance (met on a ship) wound up dying alone in hospital at 86 far from friends and had no family left. By the time I learned of where he was and made arrangements to go see him, he wasn't conscious. I still regret not getting there a day earlier just so that he would have know someone knew and cared.<br /><br />Thank you for making the trip.hdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374967125309747241noreply@blogger.com