Preface (to Hospital Hazards eBook)

Every hospital is hazardous - no exceptions!  We were born in hospitals and it is very possible we will die in one.  The U.S. system of healthcare is full of laws forcing us to use the services of those who have been granted healthcare power over us.  They are the healthcare ruling class, and by law we are beholding to them. 

These healthcare rulers wield their power over us each time they give us an “order.”  And if the “order” was immoral, unethical, or wrong, as healthcare consumers in the U.S., we are probably screwed.  Why?  Because laws are written by elected officials who owe their allegiance to healthcare lobbies.  So, do you think laws favor THEM….or us?

Hospitals should be temporary homes for people to heal.  But instead, we are often made to feel like prisoners inside cold walls full of strangers who exercise their “authority” over us.  We’ve been taught to believe in the virtues of those who selected professions dedicated to help and heal.  But as you will see in this book, too often, the complete opposite is true.

It is nearly impossible to hold an evil healthcare worker accountable for their actions.  One reason is that they often commit their shenanigans in secret.  This book is a means to expose some of those secrets in order to give you the power to prevent a hazardous hospital from harming you or your loved one.

Healthcare in the U.S. is pretty much a complete disaster.  Countless articles, books, and media reports have illuminated the problems of infant mortality rates, medication errors, hospital acquired infections, and more. Many have attempted to explain the crisis. Physicians blame lawyers. Victims blame physicians. Socialists blame capitalists. Capitalists blame bureaucrats.

Each group makes compelling arguments to support their side. Almost always, “their side” is either agenda-driven or naïve.  But, I discovered one root-source that is attributed to just about every problem in healthcare. The source is entrenched very deeply in peoples’ minds.  It’s sort of a superstition that has been inflicted upon us throughout the ages. It’s a truth that is so ridiculously obvious we resist to believe it, just like people before us resisted the truth that the world is round.

You might ask, ‘if this truth is so obvious, then why doesn’t everyone know about it?’ Deep down we do. But we resist it because we are victims of propaganda.  The truth about healthcare would discredit every pundit with an agenda.  It would undermine the boloney we’ve been forced to believe.  It would ruin the fortunes of those who protect a healthcare monopoly niche.  It might even disempower government leaders who have aided and abetted the criminal elements in healthcare.

If we could deprogram our minds from the constant bombardment of lies and propaganda that is fed to us daily, it would shatter the very existence of healthcare as we know it!

I was inspired to write this book in an attempt to shift the power from the healthcare ruling elite back to the people.

This book is written in two parts.  The first is to describe the various professions in hospitals and their personalities. And it is to provide insights into the bureaucracy and the politics inside hospitals.

The second part of the book deals with common hospital problems that cause discomfort and even death.  It gives concrete ideas from my nine-years experience as a traveling nurse who has worked in some of the most hazardous hospitals in the nation.

Laced throughout the book are “True Stories.”  Most of these are drawn from my own recollections of experiences while working as a registered nurse.  While the essence of each story is true, details were changed to protect the guilty from attacking me.  Each story is to give you insights into various aspects of the makings of a hazardous hospital.

It is my sincere desire that the information contained in this book will keep you and your loved ones from falling prey to a hazardous hospital.