Apparently, it isn't the doctor's or hospital's responsibility to diagnose health issues

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76. Absolutely

Due to my kidney disease, I'm prone to some pretty ghastly skin infections, like necrotizing cellulitis. Sometimes I need to drop by Wound Care for a daily visit, but most of the time I can deal with the dressings myself; being incarcerated in a hospital for that sounds like hell. With the MRSA, I was hoping to get another PIC and be sent home with the Vancomycin because from my standpoint as a patient, my immune system isn't that great to begin with and I'm already sick, so let's get me out of here and let someone who needs it have the bed.

I think patients and the patients' families don't always understand that some things don't heal faster because hospital and that, in fact, the longer they are hospitalized, the higher their chances of becoming sicker are. That, and the cost which affects everyone. It's understandable that a lack of understanding of their medical condition and worry may overwhelm common sense in the heat of things.