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RE: My breast cancer diaries 3: a snail can go to Paris

in GEMS6 days ago (edited)

Yes pharma is all about profit! I do not trust pharma this is a first in my life in the sense of having to deal with the hospital and the system. There was an eye opening thing happening in the room where I was with 2 other patients: a woman, over 60, came in. She felt super ill because of chemotheraphy. She had a diaper. They took the covid test without even asking her if she wants that. Then they have put that thing that makes you pee in a bag, the nurses had no experience and they kind of struggled and called for a doctor to do that procedure to the woman. Here she was: lying there, helpless in a romanian hospital, with no power to speak for herself. The doctors could do what they wanted to her. This image of her stuck with me: I would rather sit in a village and struggle then let them do what they want to my body. Her helplessness really made me realize I do not want to be stuck in Romania at old age. And this was happening in a private hospital!