01-05-2013, 10:51 AM
My husband has a lot of serious food allergies and on both his visits to HMC they were completely unable to accommodate him. One day the only protein he got was a tiny cup of peanut butter because "We are all out of anything else you can eat. What do you expect on the weekend?" They also made inedible miso soup, which really takes some doing, especially in a town with so many Japanese Americans.
I ended up bringing in all his meals for 2 weeks one time and 10 days the other, which meant going in before my classes started at 7:30 and then back again after school, in between he had to go hungry. He was billed for special dietary accommodations though. HMC also refused to give him pillows to prop up a badly swollen leg to help reduce swelling because: "every patient is only allowed one pillow by housekeeping."
They need a real shakeup from top to bottom, because top management clearly doesn't know or care about what happens on the floor. The nurses and aides work really hard but are hemmed in by management directives.
Carol
I ended up bringing in all his meals for 2 weeks one time and 10 days the other, which meant going in before my classes started at 7:30 and then back again after school, in between he had to go hungry. He was billed for special dietary accommodations though. HMC also refused to give him pillows to prop up a badly swollen leg to help reduce swelling because: "every patient is only allowed one pillow by housekeeping."
They need a real shakeup from top to bottom, because top management clearly doesn't know or care about what happens on the floor. The nurses and aides work really hard but are hemmed in by management directives.
Carol
Carol
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb