Proof there's excellent health Care in the US

While there may be poor health care in many hospitals I know personally of a case where there was excellent care. Plus what looks like terrible care may not really be so terrible. Perhaps there were mitagating circumstances. I think the worst case I know of is one I read in an online cancer support group I belong to. The gist of it was a woman inherited a genetic disorder where benign tumors grew throughout her body. Well when she was a young woman in her early twenties, she experienced increasing pain. It came to the point where the painful sensations were nearly unbearable. The physicians where she was going for treatment for her disorder through the years, told her it was just her benign tumors. They said to her not to worry. This went on for a year. The upshot was she was suffering from malignant tumors. The reports said so. She was never told. There is no happy ending here.

A personal case I know of is with my uncle Jean. He got through his open heart surgery without a hitch. Unfortunately he caught pneumonia from his room mate and passed away from it. There is a medical abbreviation TNTC. It's short for too numerous to count. I don't know the exact number of people injured or passing away from medical, hospital mistakes. I do suspect its TNTC.

I know the health care my hubby received at Abramson Cancer Center of the Hospital of the University of PA was excellent. The center doesn't only treat the patient's illness. The staff treats the entire person. In other words they are treated holistically. That should be the treatment for virtually each patient in practically every department and ward in every hopsital in the US. For that matter this should be true in health care facilities throughout the world.

Holistic is defined as taking care of not only the disease or injury. It means caring for the health consumer emotionally, spiritually as well as physically. There is a branch of alternative health that is known as holistic medicine. Personally I think all medicine should be performed holistically. Holistic can mean to treat not only the main reason why the person is hospitalized but what ever medically pertains to that individual. For example a woman is admitted to get surgery to remove an inguinal hernia. Meanwhile there's a history of osteoarthritis and non insulin dependent diabetes. Just because she's in there for one reason, doesn't mean her other conditions are going to disappear. This means if her arthritis flares up, of course it needs to be addressed. Her diet needs to be looked into too. In other words when ever anyone enters a hospital , they take their entire person with them.

Getting back to my hubby. The one thing I never worried over was his care. I don't mean only the oncologists. I am including his nurses, his certified nursing assistants, the environmental staff, everyone in what ever capacity who cared for him. There were physical therapists who helped him with exercise. There was the chaplain who was there for him to talk to. She was a dear for being so patient and understanding. The nutritionists-dietitians did their part with the food preperation. He was on neutropenic diet since the chemo initially greatly reduced his white blood cell counts. WBCs help fight infection. This meant foods thoroughly cooked, only fruits with skins on them and nothing raw.

I am certain Jerry was far from the only one treated so well and compassionately. I figure this is standard procedure at Abramson Cancer Center. ACC is a Nationa Cancer Institute recognized Cancer Institute. It is considered by the the US News and World Report to be the 12th best oncology hospital in the US.