http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ld-to-ban-smoking-near-hospitals-8966155.html
My hospitals are crowded at the main entrances and side fire exit doors with patients in wheel chairs on drips in their hospital gowns in a Smog of Smoke...puffing away.
There are plenty of medics amongst them smoking too.
Staff have been taking patients to smoke, losing track of smoking patients and have to spend valuable time searching for them.
I find this totally unacceptable especially when patients are dying from dehydration because there is not enough time to get them water etc.
When I was looking after my ill mother , going to hospital with her was an eye opener for me.
At the Specialised Chemotherapy hospital - it was staff that taught my Mother not to just sneak out for a quick few puffs - but to chain smoke outside and have several. My mother had never thought of doing this before.
I was annoid as its was most likely the smoking caused her bladder cancer.
Her community nurses too encouraged her to keep smoking.
They stole something from me and turned me into the 'bad' guy by being the one to strongly suggest to mother she quit.
This should have come from them.
Only one other Doctor suggested this out of dozens. Special, sincere thanks to that Doctor.
This all affected my M.E. negatively as having to sit in a cloud of smoke is bad for me too!
This is a cultural lifestyle change occurring I think.
Best
Golden
My hospitals are crowded at the main entrances and side fire exit doors with patients in wheel chairs on drips in their hospital gowns in a Smog of Smoke...puffing away.
There are plenty of medics amongst them smoking too.
Staff have been taking patients to smoke, losing track of smoking patients and have to spend valuable time searching for them.
I find this totally unacceptable especially when patients are dying from dehydration because there is not enough time to get them water etc.
When I was looking after my ill mother , going to hospital with her was an eye opener for me.
At the Specialised Chemotherapy hospital - it was staff that taught my Mother not to just sneak out for a quick few puffs - but to chain smoke outside and have several. My mother had never thought of doing this before.
I was annoid as its was most likely the smoking caused her bladder cancer.
Her community nurses too encouraged her to keep smoking.
They stole something from me and turned me into the 'bad' guy by being the one to strongly suggest to mother she quit.
This should have come from them.
Only one other Doctor suggested this out of dozens. Special, sincere thanks to that Doctor.
This all affected my M.E. negatively as having to sit in a cloud of smoke is bad for me too!
This is a cultural lifestyle change occurring I think.
Best
Golden