A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny read more

A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.

Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.

Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.

Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.

A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.