On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:13:38 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, September 4, 2020 at 3:46:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> > On 8/30/2020 5:34 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > Gary wrote:
> > >
> > >> jmcquown wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On 8/29/2020 6:05 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
> > >>>> ...
> > >>>>> For I am a Vegetarian! :-)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> John Kuthe...
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Last time I was in the hospital, they put me on the "Heart Smart"
> > >>>> diet despite my Dr. telling them not to. I don't have heart
> > >>>> problems and I had low sodium. They wouldn't allow me to have any
> > >>>> cheese.
> > >>>>
> > >>> Oh goody! It's the clash of the "heart smart" diets.
> > >>>
> > >>> Okay, if your doctor told them not to why did you not complain
> > >>> loudly to anyone who would listen? How about the get the doctor
> > >>> back in the room and have him/her tell them to change the order?
> > >>>
> > >>> Honest to god, I don't understand why people turn into such wimps
> > >>> in the presence of medical personnel. I'd be pressing the call
> > >>> button and asking why haven't I been fed?
> > >>
> > >> <sigh> I agree with you, Jill. If the hospital skipped my meals,
> > >> I would also press the call button and demand food.
> > >>
> > >> However, Julie didn't say that. It was cshenk when she was in
> > >> the Navy hospital for a c-section. Different thread
> > >>
> > >> --------------------------------------------------------
> > >> cshenk wrote:
> > >> I remember when I was in the hospital after Charlotte was born by
> > >> C-section. They forgot to feed me. No tests involved, just got
> > >> missed
> > >> 4 times. Twice on the first day then breakfast next day and lunch
> > >> the
> > >> one after that. Military (taxpayers) got billed for all 4 and
> > >> was
> > >> released day 5 and they billed tax payers for lunch and dinner
> > >> (which I
> > >> didn't get).
> > >> --------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I did press the call button. I didn't get fed even after that.
> > >
> > I would expect better of a military hospital serving military personnel..
> >
> > Jill
>
> If you paid more attention, you'd know better:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration_scandal_of_2014>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center_neglect_scandal>
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Things were awful for veterans. I could not believe the shitty treatment my brother-in-law got when he tried to get some medical care from the Tripler Army Medical Center. We had high hopes that a local boy would be able to straighten the system out but that pretty much crashed and burned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Shinseki

On 9/5/2020 6:13 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, September 4, 2020 at 3:46:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On 8/30/2020 5:34 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/29/2020 6:05 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> For I am a Vegetarian! :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last time I was in the hospital, they put me on the "Heart Smart"
>>>>>> diet despite my Dr. telling them not to. I don't have heart
>>>>>> problems and I had low sodium. They wouldn't allow me to have any
>>>>>> cheese.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Oh goody! It's the clash of the "heart smart" diets.
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, if your doctor told them not to why did you not complain
>>>>> loudly to anyone who would listen? How about the get the doctor
>>>>> back in the room and have him/her tell them to change the order?
>>>>>
>>>>> Honest to god, I don't understand why people turn into such wimps
>>>>> in the presence of medical personnel. I'd be pressing the call
>>>>> button and asking why haven't I been fed?
>>>>
>>>> <sigh> I agree with you, Jill. If the hospital skipped my meals,
>>>> I would also press the call button and demand food.
>>>>
>>>> However, Julie didn't say that. It was cshenk when she was in
>>>> the Navy hospital for a c-section. Different thread
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>> cshenk wrote:
>>>> I remember when I was in the hospital after Charlotte was born by
>>>> C-section. They forgot to feed me. No tests involved, just got
>>>> missed
>>>> 4 times. Twice on the first day then breakfast next day and lunch
>>>> the
>>>> one after that. Military (taxpayers) got billed for all 4 and
>>>> was
>>>> released day 5 and they billed tax payers for lunch and dinner
>>>> (which I
>>>> didn't get).
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I did press the call button. I didn't get fed even after that.
>>>
>> I would expect better of a military hospital serving military personnel.
>>
>> Jill
>
> If you paid more attention, you'd know better:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration_scandal_of_2014>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center_neglect_scandal>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Sure, except she was talking about when she was in the hospital having
her daughter, who is now an adult in the Navy. I don't plan to argue
about it but my SO is a veteran and he gets excellent care from the VA.
His last stint in the hospital was in cardiac care which involved the
insertion of a pacemaker. He says he ate pretty well; of course it was
"heart smart" meals.

Jill