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.

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.

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.

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

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.

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.