Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home read more

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.

A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.

Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.

Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.