As I enter the hospital this afternoon, I asked for the rooms of three different patients. I proceeded to the rooms. Two were adjacent to each other.
The first room was empty. The second had a stranger in it.
I proceeded to the nurse’s station. One had been discharged, the second was still in emergency.
I headed to emergency (this hospital is in Saskatoon so I was not familiar with the hospital — I had to ask). There I picked up the emergency room phone. The nurse answered that she knew where the patient was. She directed me to look straight ahead. When I turned slightly, she corrected me. My guess? There was a camera watching me.
Eventually I found the patient and chatted with him. Then off to Intensive Care. This patient’s mother was in the waiting room, and I was not able to visit. But I did get some background.
So, when you head to the hospital, don’t expect you will find everything in order. Most often you will, but then there are days!!