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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wish they'd remove news channels from hospitals
My father has been in for the last few days due to a blood clot on his lung, extremely low oxygen and compounded by having COPD. He's your typical vision of a late 60's conservative that watches Fox all day.
Finally gets home today after being in there and dealt with things and it's just angry all around. Since he got to follow the news the last few days and all the Fox talking points, it's practically the first thing out of his mouth. I can't imagine how riled up he must have been while there and with nothing else to do but either sleep or watch Fox.
News channels should be the last thing available to patients in their rooms.
hunter
(38,303 posts)Hallucinating to a news channel, that's a nightmare.
Hallucinating you are part of an I Love Lucy episode, priceless.
In my humble experience...
Blue_Adept
(6,393 posts)I have no idea how I'd interpret that while hallucinating.
clarice
(5,504 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)Best wishes to your dad.
thucythucy
(8,039 posts)onenote
(42,602 posts)The last thing hospitals should be doing is denying patients access to something that they want. My dad has spent a lot of time in the hospital and he watches news channels (and sports) most of the time. They don't upset him -- to the contrary they keep his mind active.
I'm sorry if watching Fox upsets your father, but that's hardly a reason to deny it to everyone.