"But They Are Dying." Hospice physicians like me can't usually offer patients the care they need. - Slate

[Farmer-Rick]

41. This matches my experience with my uncle

Hospice was totally useless. They came to my home said we would have to take him off dialysis which would cause extreme pain and kill him in 3 days. They wouldn't help with pain relief either. He had kidney failure.

So for the next year I took care of him. I rarely got a break even while he was in the hospital. There was one time in the ICU, where he was bleeding out after a medical procedure, due to blood thinners, and there weren't enough nurses available. I had my hands over his chest trying to put pressure on the wound while the 1 nurse in the ICU went off to get more supplies. I was covered in his blood.

The medical establishment can be really money hungry. And stupidly stuck on useless protocols.