First and foremost, we should be thankful for our hospitals. Of course, no one likes to go to the hospital. But they are — no pun intended — a lifeblood of our society. And in those buildings, those health care buildings, are the workers. The maintenance people, cleaning crews, food prep workers, technicians, offices staffers, executives, nurses, doctors, surgeons, and more. Without them, our health care system would be one empty building after the next, with lines of sick people standing outside.
But a few words about the buildings, first. The names of those buildings is sometimes a mystery to me. Here in the area, for example, we have a Sycamore Hospital. I am almost certain it is named for the Sycamore tree. However, phonetically speaking, it was not a good choice. Sick a More. If they could have switched things up to Sick No More, I think that would have been better.
Another one here is called Grandview. The name suggests you might come here and find a grand view. But, it is located in a rather despondent part of Dayton. Looking out the windows does not bring mountainous landscapes or any such hopes.
We have a lot of hospitals here in the United States. The total number of all U.S. Hospitals is 6,090. That is roughly 122 hospitals per state. I bet there are more in Texas than Rhode Island, for instance. In fact, Texas has more than anyone else, with 369. California is next, with 339, and then Florida, with 219. Little Rhode Island squeezes in eleven hospitals, but it holds more than Vermont, which only has seven.
In the rankings, the best hospital is in Minnesota. Of course, it is the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis. The next four, in order, are Cleveland Clinic; UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Whether a hospital is a the top of the rankings or not, they are always called to be “on top of things.”
Take, for instance, the people at Riverside General Hospital in Houston. A woman named Gloria Ramirez was admitted there in 1994 due to advanced cervical cancer. All of the medical staff who came in contact with her body and blood soon started fainting, requiring an evacuation. The cause of this fainting has not been found yet. Toxic.
Then there was a woman with a different aura. In 1976, a woman from Philadelphia sued the Temple University Hospital claiming that the CAT scan made her lose her psychic powers. She must have been convincing on the witness stand because, in 1986, a jury awarded her $988,000 on her final hearing. Of course, she couldn’t have seen that coming.
Then, we see those bagel-related injuries. They are so common that hospitals have special names for them — BRIs: Bagel-related injuries. Those holy sandwiches send as many as 2,000 Americans to the hospital every year.
And then we have all those alcohol-related injuries. Over 5.2 million people die worldwide each year due to this — and 3.2% of all deaths are caused by alcohol.
Then. There is the unknown. There are 25 hospitals in North America that have visual messages strategically placed near the ceilings in operating rooms. These messages can only be seen and read from above. They are part of a long study to test the validity of people claiming to have ‘out of body experiences.
Finally, I must say I am upset about our hospitals and the workers therein. For the past two years, they have been maltreated by the ongoing grips of this pandemic. They are being assaulted with the fatigue of this. The majority of these pandemic healthcare problems are being caused by the unvaccinated. This can all be brought under control and normalcy if people would only take the shot.
So we come back around to the naming of hospitals.
And, it reminded me that I was born at Good Samaritan Hospital. A rather catchy name for a hospital, if you ask me. The name / the story is the embodiment of caring for someone with compassion and selflessness. And that is what taking the vaccine is about. It means stopping on the road and caring for the person suffering. And doing this without question. Although, in the parable, the Good Samaritan sacrifices his time and more — taking the vaccine requires no sacrifice. It only requires the willingness to help.
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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
― Charles Dickens
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“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
― John Holmes
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“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
― John Bunyan
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The ins and outs of hospitals. And the solution to the fault.
