MIGHTY ANGEL

Review of Lahey Clinic Medical Center

MY GIRLFRIEND WAS HERE 16YRS AGO FOR 46 DAYS. I V...

MY GIRLFRIEND WAS HERE 16YRS AGO FOR 46 DAYS. I VISITED WITH HER 45 OF THE 46 DAYS, AVERAGING ABOUT 3 HRS A DAY. DURING THAT TIME, I RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF APPRECIATION AND PRAISE FROM THE, ALWAYS SHORT HANDED, NURSING STAFF FOR THE KNOWLEDGE I BROUGHT, THE NUMBER OF THINGS I COULD HELP WITH, AND THE TIME I COULD SPEND HELPING. WERE I TO DO THAT NOW, IT WOULD COST ME AT LEAST $270.00 AND WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED ME FROM VISITING MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. SHE IS EXPECTED TO BE HERE, THIS TIME, FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS. IT IS S VERY TRAUMATIC TIME FOR HER, FOR WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND MORE THAN THREE HOURS A DAY, AS I AM DISABLED AND HAVE THE TIME AVAILABLE. I CAN AFFORD THE COST OF GAS BUT, WITH THE COST OF PARKING CONSIDERED, I WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO VISIT ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE DAYS. PERHAPS THE MONEY GRUBBING BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS MANAGED TO MISS, THE MULTITUDE OF STUDYS I HAVE RUN ACROSS, THE LAST FOURTY YEARS, RELATED TO, NOT JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVED ONES, IN PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OF PATIENTS, BUT HEALING AS WELL. NOT ONE OTHER HOSPITAL, THAT I HAVE BEEN TO WITH MY GIRLFRIEND, AND THERE HAS BEEN MANY, HAS HAD THE BLATANT DISRESPECT FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT I FIND HERE. THAT DISRESPECT IS ONLY EXCEEDED BY THERE APPARENT CONTEMPT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL. THEY, OBVIOUSLY, HAVE SOME FIRST RATE PEOPLE WORKING HERE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT, TOP TIER MANAGEMENT IS SO COLLECTIVELY NEAR SIGHTED. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE A, MOSTLY UNTAPPED, WELL OF KNOWLEDGE OF, AND ASSISTANCE TO, THE PATIENT THAT CAN, AT TIMES, WHEN ALLOWED, ASSIST THE STAFF IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS. I DO, PRAISE THE STAFF, IN THEIR PATIENTLY LISTENING TO MY KNOWLEDGE OF AND REQUESTS FOR MY FRIEND, AND ALLOWING ME TO ASSIST IN HER CARE, AND MAKING HER COMFORTABLE. I ONLY WISH I COULD DO MORE.