Alternative hospitals?

[malada]

With all the stories I hear about COVIDIOTS demanding horse dewormer and other bogus treatments from 'Doctor Facebook', then abusing *real* doctors and nurses when their demands are declined, perhaps it's time to set up alternative hospitals.

You'll need a large building with a lot of beds - nothing special because people won't be in the building or using the beds for very for long, some bedpan haulers, and a few amoral doctors who are willing to join in. Since no real medicine will be practiced you won't really need many medical licenses. Add a steady supply of animal medicines, vitamins and essential oils and you're good to go! Homeopathic medications too! Give the patient what they want! Cash, credit cards and bitcoin would be accepted as payment because no insurance company (that I know of) would shell out for such nonsense. Having a funeral home close by would be a bonus.

This would free up real hospitals for people who may need treatment for heart attacks, broken bones and other 'normal' maladies and take the stress off hard working nurses and doctors. It might also decrease the population of stupid, gullible, hard headed, obnoxious, self-entitled fools and make things a little easier on the rest of us. You know... the rest of us? Those of us who masked up, got our vaccines and listened to virologists and doctors and scientists: people who often spent their lives studying infectious diseases?

Pity about the families... especially the kids. Orphanages anyone?

-m

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[dewline]

Once those places exist, I expect insurance providers - AHEM - to make some sort of accommodations. I may be overly cynical or paranoid.

[moxie_man]

All for it. First payment for initial "treatment" up front of course.