Thank you, for your contributions. We need to understand how this went so wrong. So many were killed by this bug and cure....we need to understand and create new safeguards, WE need to understand that if we have comorbidities the hospital or health "care" may indeed be the death warrent. For gosh sakes, don't trust them.
Now, accountability!
I worked hospital & LTC during the craziness. I was managing Nutrition Services, so did intakes and assessments. I saw a lot of things I can't unsee.
It was interesting to me that the nurses got into mode. Everyone just accepted what came down. Lockstep. I was the lone wolf (I was told then) who didn't buy into the madness. So much death. We didn't have a lot of covide though.
I agree completely. There was a degree of fatalism in the first couple of months -many older people were told they would almost certainly die if they got Covid even though statistically they were always more likely to survive, at any age. I think that surprised people.
It is also true that alongside their own fear of infection, people in leadership roles became fearful of being blamed by the public, and being held responsible if someone got sick and accused the organisation of not protecting them. That led to a lot of defensive decision making. Those fears were not completely irrational as we now see people seeking compensation from employers for them getting long covid. No one is prepared to say out loud that every risk cannot be managed away.
In that climate it would take a lot of courage for a senior nurse to overrule the new normal protocols such as allowing visitors in hospitals, as it left them open to blame if something went wrong. I did see such examples of compassion and bravery.
I don't work in acute hospitals and do not feel in a position to comment on what went down at the 'sharp end'. However I did hear reports from patients and some of the testimony from the Scottish Covid Inquiry is indeed very concerning.
You're so right!
Thank you, for your contributions. We need to understand how this went so wrong. So many were killed by this bug and cure....we need to understand and create new safeguards, WE need to understand that if we have comorbidities the hospital or health "care" may indeed be the death warrent. For gosh sakes, don't trust them.
Now, accountability!
I worked hospital & LTC during the craziness. I was managing Nutrition Services, so did intakes and assessments. I saw a lot of things I can't unsee.
It was interesting to me that the nurses got into mode. Everyone just accepted what came down. Lockstep. I was the lone wolf (I was told then) who didn't buy into the madness. So much death. We didn't have a lot of covide though.
I agree completely. There was a degree of fatalism in the first couple of months -many older people were told they would almost certainly die if they got Covid even though statistically they were always more likely to survive, at any age. I think that surprised people.
It is also true that alongside their own fear of infection, people in leadership roles became fearful of being blamed by the public, and being held responsible if someone got sick and accused the organisation of not protecting them. That led to a lot of defensive decision making. Those fears were not completely irrational as we now see people seeking compensation from employers for them getting long covid. No one is prepared to say out loud that every risk cannot be managed away.
In that climate it would take a lot of courage for a senior nurse to overrule the new normal protocols such as allowing visitors in hospitals, as it left them open to blame if something went wrong. I did see such examples of compassion and bravery.
I don't work in acute hospitals and do not feel in a position to comment on what went down at the 'sharp end'. However I did hear reports from patients and some of the testimony from the Scottish Covid Inquiry is indeed very concerning.