I was watching a British documentary about hospitals/ambulances now needing to accommodate more obese people (the link to the video is here and I recommend watching it if you have the time, since it's an hour long).
Many of the paramedics, nurses, and doctors are lovely when they're dealing with the fat patients, but to be honest I have no idea how they do it. These patients eat themselves into a disability, have to be helped with everything, moan and complain constantly and are a drain on health care. I'm probably heartless, but my ideal scenario for health care would be to give fat people one chance to lose weight. If they don't do it, they have to pay for all health-related expenses out of their own pocket.
Anyone have any thoughts about the demand fat people put on hospitals? I've heard plenty of horror stories from nurses and paramedics who have to deal with them and physically carry them around, and I was wondering if anybody had any similar experiences or general thoughts.
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[–] Pm_me_ur_genetiks 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If it wasn't for Canada's Healthcare system both me and my sister would have died from Childhood Cancer. Atleast kids stand a chance of surviving unlike USA. 1 of my drugs was 900 bucks a dose. My older sister required an 16 hr surgery to get rid of the tumor in her sinus cavity pushing on her brain.