This sounds a little low to me in price when I compare my Hospital stay last year for Thyroid Cancer.
As one executive said concerning Beyonce's stay in such luxury it had to do with the stars lining up right for Beyonce.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out. It had nothing to do with the stars lining up right for Beyonce's stay in their hospital where she gave birth to a baby girl on January 7th. It has everything to do with money and so called status also the notoriety of being able to say that Beyonce slept here and birthed a baby. Good public relations and makin' money.
As time has passed during my life, the bigger Hospitals have all glammed up there buildings and it looks more like a SPA RESORT than a HOSPITAL..... and Doctor's Offices are dolled up as well. As a girl I took my Polio Vaccine in the form of a sugar cube. The Doctor's Office in Liberal, Kansas had a small waiting room with a Nurse at the check-in booth. Through the door leading into a hall were small exam rooms. Sterile whites and warm hearts from the Nurse and Doctor. One Nurse...one Doctor in a small area. You entered the Doctor's office through a side door off of a side street. There were no glamorized fronts in this 'ole building. It was what it was and we were so glad it was even there.
Would it behoove us to reconsider not doing business with the luxury Hospitals? Guess if you want your Hospital stay to be over the top lovely, you might as well go for it.
Five years ago when we were moving off the farm and relocating into HOME HAVEN, Hubby and I were taking some time off from packing boxes, etc. We were eating at a local Restaurant when my husband's piece of steak lodged in his throat and wouldn't swallow down. We ended up at an emergency room and what happened changed my thoughts on the Nursing Staff.
As we entered the Emergency room door there were two Nurses at a Nurses's Station. I quickly walked up to them and said that my husband had a piece of meat stuck in his throat. I EXPECTED some first hand attention since we were in the Emergency Room.....but that didn't happen right away. MY MISTAKE?
The one Nurse that was typing on her Computer never looked up and the other Nurse sitting down never looked at me. So I repeated it again in a louder tone of voice, "MY HUSBAND HAS A PIECE OF MEAT STUCK IN HIS THROAT!!!!!!"
One Nurse looked up and told me to take him to that room.
He survived, but not without some anxiety.
My dear sweet friend PAT that is in HEAVEN these days told me that once a Nurse dropped the shot Pat was to have in the toilet. Pat asked the Nurse, "You're not going to use that on me, are you?"
The Nurse said. "I washed it in the sink!"
Gee.....if only we were all Beyonces staying in the Executive Suite having Chocolate colored walls with over stuffed sofas and flat screened TVs.
You know you can get wonderful help in smaller scaled Hospitals and it really does make a huge difference when the Medical Staff is attentive, kind and compassionate. It's not the high priced suite that makes giving birth a super star event.
~Deanna here enjoying the comforts of my home~
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after looking at that you don't have to wonder why our insurance rates are so high... and the $800 a day rate they quoted is surely bogus.. if I remember correctly your stay in the not as luxurious accommodations was in the neighborhood of tripling that.
I remember when hospitals were sterile, functional places, and the nurses and doctors were attentive, and the doctors office we went to was a white stucco bldg attached to the back of the local pharmacy, with a door connecting the two. Get a shot, you got a coupon for a free ice cream bar at the pharmacy.
My how times have changed. Whats all the glam for anyway? The people visiting so that they can say your stay must have been so nice? Go figure.
You pegged it, it's so much about status and prestige these days.
And the steak ordeal.... I was on the verge of panic, and the staff seemed so cavalier about the whole event.
My, how times have changed.
Hubby
Wow! to both the crazy hospital room and your husband's unfortunate steak incident! Oh, my.
The funniest (?) thing that happened to me recently occured not in a hospital, but in the rehab facility where I spent 10 days after a hip replacement surgery. At 6:00 a. m. one morning, when I was sound asleep, a nurse woke me up by asking loudly, "How's your pain level?"
I wish I had said, "Obvioulsy under control, since I was asleep." The statement I received for the 3 day hospital stay and miscellaneous expenses was almost $54,000.(That doesn't include the surgeon's bill or that of his assistant's). I won't have to pay it. My part will be $300 per day. To me, that should inlude a little "luxury!"
I would definately prefer a caring staff to a fancy room:).
Blessings,
Kim
My personal belief is this is a blatant display of wealth and arrogance. I would HOPE and PRAY that if I was ever so blessed with such wealth that along with it would come the good sense and Godly direction to spend it wisely.
I'm reminded that when much is given much is expected...
Wise hubby you have!
Love you~
Rebecca
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