STATE OF THE ART HEALTHCARE, A SATIRE

We encounter the words ‘cutting edge’, ‘state of the art’, 5 Star and 6 Star even, what does this all mean to a one legged ex soldier and a decorated war veteran. If you want to know, I didn’t lose my leg in the war protecting Manglishia, I lost it in the healthcare system and that’s another story. Coming back to the gobbledygook titles hospitals give themselves (Or do they?), Do they get accredited by some ‘body’ like the CEO or the OWNER, or their PR consultant? I don’t know lah, in this satire all also can.

I believe that to improve the quality of healthcare in Manglishia we need to recognize our thumb sucking, brown nosing or arrogant attitudes and face the reality that profit and shareholders interest isn’t everything. We have a responsibility to make Manglishia a better place to live in. Nowadays getting sick, old and dying is a matter of affordability, and the mere thought of getting sick, old or dying is stressful enough to make you feel sick, old and dying.

We Manglishians can never win, can we? What in Georges name have we done to Manglishia? In case you are wondering, I’m calling God ‘George’; do you think that will confuse Him? Hmmm…, well, that’s another story too. Most people including I say we are too young to retire, it means that we are actually too broke to retire, and we cannot afford to get sick, old and die. Ok, enough of this macabre visit to reality. So how do they grade hospitals? I don’t know…. do you?