Edit: Image credit is Moi Escudero. Thanks gofsckyourself and Nelots
American hospitals in 2025:
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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Shame on whoever cropped out the artist. Moi Escudero
The image was already cropped when I saved it. My bad for not looking up the artist
I'm not of fan of how the watermark is cut off, so here's the full original image.
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The image was already cropped when I saved it. My bad for not looking up the artist
if we figure out reincarnation loan sharks will be the first to strike
New game+, you start with your own funeral debt
lol more likely than not it will be an incredibly expensive thing so unless you’re super wealthy you’ll need to spend most of your reincarnated life working to pay for it
Omg so true 😂😂
The insurance hasn't authorized this procedure, we must get him back.
😂😂
In reality, it'd be the executives pulling, not the staff..
Yeah. Should be suits pulling them down. I really don't like that this denigrates the wonderful people who actually do the work.
why they wearing crocs
No fabric to soak up fluids, they’re light, they don’t easily slip.
They’re pretty common in North American hospitals.
It's common to see medical staff wearing them. I guess because they are comfortable 😁
They don’t slip when the floor is covered in blood/bodily fluids. People shit on Alien Covenant for the slipping on blood scene, you can tell those people have never been around blood before. Also they’re very easy to clean.
I've literally never seen anyone wear Crocs and I've worked at several hospitals and now have a job that visits and consults with hospitals.
100% of OR staff wear disposable shoe covers and bedside staff wear comfortable sneakers or Dansko clogs. Crocs makes clogs, but they don't have the quality for 12 hour shifts.
Then you're blind or worse, a furrener
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!
They're also easy to clean if they get gross from surgery.
Welp, start the 7 year timer I guess... 🤷♂️
Ain't paying a dime. I will haunt this place for 7 years.
Reminds me of a joke I once heard from an ER nurse:
Why do they nail coffins shut?
To keep oncologists out.
Is the implication that oncologists want to keep patients alive enough to keep draining their bank account?
I think it also means oncologists are the type of people who keep hoping when treatment seems futile. “Don’t die yet, maybe one more round of chemo will cure you”
Not with the way I heard it delivered.
Yes.
Grim Fandango is probably going to be the most accurate depiction of the afterlife if ever there was one.
Fucking Ghostbusters.
Know how I know you're American?
I'm not.
In my country we have public (and free!) healthcare, but doctors wait until it's life-threatening to treat patients. My mother has been two (2) times in preop for her goiter, and she's still waiting for almost 2 years for the actual procedure. I have been waiting for almost a year for an umbilical hernia.
Private healthcare is the same I heard, except well, you pay.
you'd think a public healthcare system would figure out that treating conditions early is actually cheaper.
This is why you should try to get into an HMO in the states. Ideally one that is not for profit.
I owe my soul to the company store