Hospital Trip (Why I Haven't Blogged)
Sunday, June 11, 2006
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."
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Albert Einstein
I have been to Memphis over the last two days. My cousin had to go to the hospital. Yes, we went to Memphis to go to the hospital. TWO HOURS AWAY.
The main reason that we went is because he had lived in Memphis a few years ago, and the hospital that we went to has a record of his history. A second reason is that we live in a small town.
I was told that our town was so small that the hospital has shut down their surgical department. People do not go to the local hospital for serious conditions. The town is so small that when someone is ill, the EMT’s will take you to the local hospital for emergencies, but they are more likely to use our hospital as a pit stop, if you will. When the hospital is out of their scope, or if the patient’s medical history is primarily in another town, they will take the patient there. It appears that our hospital is more like the nurses station at one’s elementary school.
Another reason why I hate living in a small town.
----
Albert Einstein
I have been to Memphis over the last two days. My cousin had to go to the hospital. Yes, we went to Memphis to go to the hospital. TWO HOURS AWAY.
The main reason that we went is because he had lived in Memphis a few years ago, and the hospital that we went to has a record of his history. A second reason is that we live in a small town.
I was told that our town was so small that the hospital has shut down their surgical department. People do not go to the local hospital for serious conditions. The town is so small that when someone is ill, the EMT’s will take you to the local hospital for emergencies, but they are more likely to use our hospital as a pit stop, if you will. When the hospital is out of their scope, or if the patient’s medical history is primarily in another town, they will take the patient there. It appears that our hospital is more like the nurses station at one’s elementary school.
Another reason why I hate living in a small town.
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