ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Let me preface this with My husband DIED of a "nosocomial", hospital acquired MRSA infection.
Yesterday, (Thursday) I went to THAT same hospital to pick up prescription refills at the main pharmacy.
There were AT LEAST a hundred people, maybe a hundred fifty in the pharmacy waiting room.
To speed up the flow of people, it is not unusual for some pharmacy person or volunteer to "line up" those with the next ten or so numbers to be called so they will already be ready to step to one of the dozen dispensing windows.
YESTERDAY, that person lining up the sick people waiting for their medicine was a young black red cross volunteer who couldn't have been over 20 IF he was even that old.
He had a red cross volunteer vest LOADED with commendations from what must have been a LONG history of volunteering at the hospital.
He was the happiest, most friendly person I have seen in YEARS. He seemed to LOVE people. HE ESPECIALLY LOVED BABIES, TODDLERS and little kids.
He loved EVERYBODY, He was
Borderline RETARDED or whatever that is currently called.................
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And, He could not keep his hands off of people.
As EACH sick person came in the line he SHOOK HANDS WITH THEM, PATTED THEM ON THE BACK and all but hugged them, passing the strep germs on the first guy to the person with staph infection, along with the flu germs on the next person to the lady with a weakened immune system, followed by glad handing the fella with contagious carbuncles before he decides he has to wipe all these germs on a six month old BABY'S face and hands and likewise the baby's almost two year old sister.
I watched as people coughed in their hands and wiped their noses and one lady sat in a wheelchair holding her head and a Barf basin. I looked back at the Red cross volunteer as he glad handed some more sick people and was zeroing in on about a 15 month old toddler and I jumped up and did not manage to stop him before he had his hands all over the baby's face and both of baby's hands telling her mama how "beautiful she was, what a precious child."
I dragged him aside and told him "It is NOT A GOOD IDEA to shake hands and pat each sick person and then touch babies faces and hands because it puts new germs on people that could make them even sicker". I got a "Yes, Mam". But you can tell when "the lights are on and nobody is home look" that he really didn't understand and would probably resume his normal habits as soon as I left.
I am just sick about this. Has he been going room to room in the hospital "cheering up" people, helping out and like typhoid Mary spreading MRSA, TB, staph, strep, and who knows what else?? He was UTTERLY CLUELESS about infection precautions and it was obvious nobody had successfully trained him about it.
NOT that he shouldn't be there volunteering, but if he cannot be taught the danger of what he was doing, he should be in a job that doesn't involve going from patient to patient. HUNDREDS of patients per hour or two.
I tried to call the hospital later to talk to someone, ANYONE about it.
IT WAS OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF DIALING DIFFERENT HOSPITAL NUMBERS BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING OTHER THAN A PHONE TREE RECORDING!!!!
I AM NOT EXAGGERATING BY EVEN A MINUTE.
NOBODY ANSWERS THE PHONE AT MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER!
Finally, I spoke to someone who didn't seem to see any big problem with his behavior, but upon my insistence, assured me that she would pass it along to someone who would look into it. (I seriously doubt that was said for any reason but to dismiss me)
BTW, With all that 2.5+ hrs of dialing, I left COUNTLESS messages on recorders, AND NOBODY PHONED ME BACK TODAY (Friday)
Yesterday, (Thursday) I went to THAT same hospital to pick up prescription refills at the main pharmacy.
There were AT LEAST a hundred people, maybe a hundred fifty in the pharmacy waiting room.
To speed up the flow of people, it is not unusual for some pharmacy person or volunteer to "line up" those with the next ten or so numbers to be called so they will already be ready to step to one of the dozen dispensing windows.
YESTERDAY, that person lining up the sick people waiting for their medicine was a young black red cross volunteer who couldn't have been over 20 IF he was even that old.
He had a red cross volunteer vest LOADED with commendations from what must have been a LONG history of volunteering at the hospital.
He was the happiest, most friendly person I have seen in YEARS. He seemed to LOVE people. HE ESPECIALLY LOVED BABIES, TODDLERS and little kids.
He loved EVERYBODY, He was
Borderline RETARDED or whatever that is currently called.................
...............................................
....................................................
And, He could not keep his hands off of people.
As EACH sick person came in the line he SHOOK HANDS WITH THEM, PATTED THEM ON THE BACK and all but hugged them, passing the strep germs on the first guy to the person with staph infection, along with the flu germs on the next person to the lady with a weakened immune system, followed by glad handing the fella with contagious carbuncles before he decides he has to wipe all these germs on a six month old BABY'S face and hands and likewise the baby's almost two year old sister.
I watched as people coughed in their hands and wiped their noses and one lady sat in a wheelchair holding her head and a Barf basin. I looked back at the Red cross volunteer as he glad handed some more sick people and was zeroing in on about a 15 month old toddler and I jumped up and did not manage to stop him before he had his hands all over the baby's face and both of baby's hands telling her mama how "beautiful she was, what a precious child."
I dragged him aside and told him "It is NOT A GOOD IDEA to shake hands and pat each sick person and then touch babies faces and hands because it puts new germs on people that could make them even sicker". I got a "Yes, Mam". But you can tell when "the lights are on and nobody is home look" that he really didn't understand and would probably resume his normal habits as soon as I left.
I am just sick about this. Has he been going room to room in the hospital "cheering up" people, helping out and like typhoid Mary spreading MRSA, TB, staph, strep, and who knows what else?? He was UTTERLY CLUELESS about infection precautions and it was obvious nobody had successfully trained him about it.
NOT that he shouldn't be there volunteering, but if he cannot be taught the danger of what he was doing, he should be in a job that doesn't involve going from patient to patient. HUNDREDS of patients per hour or two.
I tried to call the hospital later to talk to someone, ANYONE about it.
IT WAS OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF DIALING DIFFERENT HOSPITAL NUMBERS BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING OTHER THAN A PHONE TREE RECORDING!!!!
I AM NOT EXAGGERATING BY EVEN A MINUTE.
NOBODY ANSWERS THE PHONE AT MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER!
Finally, I spoke to someone who didn't seem to see any big problem with his behavior, but upon my insistence, assured me that she would pass it along to someone who would look into it. (I seriously doubt that was said for any reason but to dismiss me)
BTW, With all that 2.5+ hrs of dialing, I left COUNTLESS messages on recorders, AND NOBODY PHONED ME BACK TODAY (Friday)
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