Mother asked to clean own room 2 days after caesarian....

**Alundil** · 08-25-10, 03:18 PM

http://www.thelocal.se/28512/20100822/

Mother-of-two Elin Andersson has highlighted staffing shortage problems at a maternity ward in Sundsvall in northern Sweden after she was asked to clean out her own hospital room just two days after giving birth by caesarean section.

Nice....................

**Toker** · 08-25-10, 03:24 PM

Gotta love government-funded and heavily decentralized healtth care systems...

**Alundil** · 08-25-10, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Toker

Gotta love government-funded and heavily decentralized healtth care systems...

Sure do.....

**masterPAINb** · 08-25-10, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by Toker

Gotta love government-funded and heavily decentralized healtth care systems...

Gotta love wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Sweden : ).

**Toker** · 08-25-10, 06:25 PM

**WickedTribe** · 08-25-10, 06:46 PM

I'm sure that this woman is super glad that she doesn't live in a country with public health insurance.

**Alundil** · 08-25-10, 07:26 PM

lol @ Wicked - cause public health care is the panacea.

**WickedTribe** · 08-25-10, 07:57 PM

I'm not trying to suggest that, but having to clean your room is better than not being able to get medical care at all. Yes, if you can afford it, and you don't get denied,, private healthcare is great. We have short wait lists, long doctor visits and tons of nurses and aids. We also pay about twice as much, and if you can't afford health insurance, those extra nurses don't really do you much good.

**CanadianPersian** · 08-25-10, 08:38 PM

it's not a big deal....simple courtesy really....when you read some of the comments in the article it sounds silly.

"I would have refused to clean out my own room, isnt this why were are paying so much tax?"

you safely delivered your baby FOR FREE in a room to yourself with some of the worlds most advanced equipment, and you're complaining about having to pick up after yourself?

**Alundil** · 08-25-10, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

it's not a big deal....simple courtesy really....when you read some of the comments in the article it sounds silly.

"I would have refused to clean out my own room, isnt this why were are paying so much tax?"

you safely delivered your baby FOR FREE in a room to yourself with some of the worlds most advanced equipment, and you're complaining about having to pick up after yourself?

So, if you had surgery at a hospital, you'd clean the OR suite?