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Warpy

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1. Boston hospitals had these, too

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:03 PM

Jan 2012

but the people in them were just as sick as the people in the other wards, so sick that most of them were unaware of the frippery.

I know when I've been stuck in the hospital, it's been a case of patch me up and send me home or kill me quickly, I don't care which.

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Chefs, Butlers, Marble Baths: Hospitals Vie for the Affluent [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2012 OP

Boston hospitals had these, too Warpy Jan 2012 #1

Agreed - all sick people want is a quiet, comfortable bed! hedgehog Jan 2012 #5

New York Hospital has always been in the business of attracting cbayer Jan 2012 #2

I work at a state/county hospital Heddi Jan 2012 #3

Sadly, I think this is the inevitable result of a for-profit health care system EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #4

Absolutely agree. silverweb Jan 2012 #6