“Patient dumping” was mentioned in the book as a method of transferring very ill and often uninsured patients to public hospitals. The problem with these transfers is that the original hospitals were fully capable to accommodate these patients. Ansell showed that unnecessary deaths and complications were occurring due to this phenomenon. “Patients were transferred on ventilators, with gunshot wounds, in active labor” (Ansell 114). These conditions are unacceptable today; however, this was not too long ago. Within such a short time change can happen, but it was structural problems that allowed it to transpire in the first place. County Cook Hospital was also in the midst of a very racially sensitive, politically war torn time (which sadly sounds like most time periods). The patients were, unfortunately, the “other” in the sense that County was their only option. Undoubtedly, more is in play when it comes to “patient care” besides the actual patient. Politics plays a crucial role in the implementation of such
“Patient dumping” was mentioned in the book as a method of transferring very ill and often uninsured patients to public hospitals. The problem with these transfers is that the original hospitals were fully capable to accommodate these patients. Ansell showed that unnecessary deaths and complications were occurring due to this phenomenon. “Patients were transferred on ventilators, with gunshot wounds, in active labor” (Ansell 114). These conditions are unacceptable today; however, this was not too long ago. Within such a short time change can happen, but it was structural problems that allowed it to transpire in the first place. County Cook Hospital was also in the midst of a very racially sensitive, politically war torn time (which sadly sounds like most time periods). The patients were, unfortunately, the “other” in the sense that County was their only option. Undoubtedly, more is in play when it comes to “patient care” besides the actual patient. Politics plays a crucial role in the implementation of such