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.

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the read more

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.

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.

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

It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

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.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

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.