At Risk!

[Gregory Matthews]

According to the following article SDA hospitals in Central California are at risk of closure.

https://atoday.org/california-adventist-health-hospitals-at-risk-due-to-president-donald-trumps-bill/

NOTE:  If this is accurate, it is probably true for SDA hospitals across the United States and potentially Catholic hospitals.

 

 

[bonnie1962]

I think hospitals in general are struggling and have been prior to the recent bill passed. I recently spent 5 days in the hospital, so much has changed since my last hospital stay. When I was suddenly taken to emergency, I stayed there for 24 hours. In the whole Mpls ,St.Paul area and within an hours radius beyond there were no beds available or staffing to care for more patients. I was finally taken to a hospital an hours drive from home. To much going on did not notice beds were not changed. I had same sheets for 4 days. I was handed a pack of large wipes, that was in place of a shower. No shower the four days I was there. The food was so bad it was beyond belief. Everything was some sort of frozen food, highly processed, poorly made. My entire stay I did not see one aide.

One of our local hospitals has really struggled due to immigrants, legal and illegal. Just the need to have a interpreter for so many put a tremendous strain on a already tight budget.

[Asia Joe]

Bonnie

Thank you for posting this. It is very helpful to us older people. 

I am living in the Philippines. The quality of the care is very good, although we do not have the latest technology. For instance, in my area there are no MRI machines. Possibly in the most expensive hospital in the capital, Manila, may have one. Many second hand cat scanners from the USA.  There are many nurses available. 

But the food is substandard. Many families bring food in to the patient. I would say 90% do that in my area. 

Not much health insurance available. 

There is a shortage of available beds since Covid.  My son is a nurse, so I get inside info. The quality of care is really improving here. 

[Theophilus]

On 7/31/2025 at 11:24 AM, bonnie1962 said:

One of our local hospitals has really struggled due to immigrants, legal and illegal. Just the need to have a interpreter for so many put a tremendous strain on a already tight budget.

 41.8 million people in the US speak Spanish, and I cant imagine why someone would think hospital dollars are wasted on immigrants interpreters..  I'm sorry you had a rough time at the hospital — that sounds really frustrating. But I don’t think the issue is immigrants. Many hospitals are understaffed or underfunded across the board, even in areas with few immigrants. I think they have become a convenient scapegoat.  Let's hold the system accountable without blaming .

[bonnie1962]

You read a lot into what was said. This is not the first time. Just so we are clear, can you point out to me where I said  and I cant imagine why someone would think hospital dollars are wasted on immigrants interpreters..

And yes you can imagine why someone would think hospital dollars are wasted on immigrants. You have imagined that very thing in your post concerning me. It is not a single issue. For the hospital I mentioned it was the unplanned for and unexpected influx of large numbers of non english speaking immigrants both legal and illegal that caused a tremendous drain on the hospital budget. Just as the school system was bursting at the seams. No, certainly not the only cause. I did not have a hard time, I had excellent medical care. Drs and nurses above and beyond. However this is the first time in the hospital that I did not see one aide the entire 5 days. In the past the aides have picked up the slack in handling non medical issues for the patient. No showers for five days, nor sheets being changed for five days is not a hard time. That is inconvenience

How we have gotten to this point, I don't know. I do know small town hospitals  have a hard time absorbing the 40.00+ per hour per non speaking patient on top of other issues.

Nor am I against immigration(legal). It is simply a fact, immigrants come to this country not speaking english and they need to be taken care of medically. Being a immigrant does not protect you from your share of responsibility on a overloaded system. They are not a special class of humans.

[bonnie1962]

6 hours ago, Joe Knapp said:

Bonnie

Thank you for posting this. It is very helpful to us older people. 

I am living in the Philippines. The quality of the care is very good, although we do not have the latest technology. For instance, in my area there are no MRI machines. Possibly in the most expensive hospital in the capital, Manila, may have one. Many second hand cat scanners from the USA.  There are many nurses available. 

But the food is substandard. Many families bring food in to the patient. I would say 90% do that in my area. 

Not much health insurance available. 

There is a shortage of available beds since Covid.  My son is a nurse, so I get inside info. The quality of care is really improving here. 

I had excellent medical care. I was just surprised at the changes since my last hospital stay. I was a little surprised being handed a packet of large wipes as my shower after the third day. My sheets were not changed the entire time. I t seems like the medical staff has all they can do keeping up with what is necessary for patient care