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Vol.83
Value of Life |
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Mar.03,2025 |
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This is a story I heard before.
An emergency hospital does not only treat patients brought in by ambulance but also checks their belongings at the same time to see if they can pay for the cost of treatment.
In the world, there are doctors who selflessly help patients, such as the so-called "Red Beard" doctor in the Edo period and modern local general practitioners who practice humanistic medicine. We also hear that many people participate in fund-raising activities for heart surgeries in the United States.
However, those who were helped by such doctors or donations are lucky in today's society. Each emergency hospital employs a certain number of doctors, nurses, and specialized officials, and the top management is required to make the hospital profitable.
From the business perspective, it is natural that treatment options are limited for patients who are brought into hospitals but unidentified or obviously classed as homeless.
In addition, patients who can be saved if they are hospitalized in first-class hospitals may not survive if they are treated by hospitals that only have quacks. Even some patients can be saved by expensive medications or surgeries that are not covered by insurance.
As money makes the mare go, people's lives depend on money.
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