Book Club Series Part 2: Researching the Problem with Health Care

4/26/2024

While doing research for my own book, I found a book that describes a lot of the issues I was experiencing as a patient of the hospital. The book is titled Health Care from the Trenches; An Insider Account of the Complex Barriers of U.S. Healthcare from the Providers and Patients' Perspective.

The author Dr. Alejandro Badia is a medical doctor that sees a lot of crap.I like his perspective because he's not trying to sugarcoat his experience. He makes it in turn more relatable.

I remember coming out of my coma no one could be bothered. They gave me a bell. If I needed a nurse I would ring it and sometimes wait up to an hour which seemed like 5 hours.

It all brings up my experience in the hospital. All the beeping and people coming in every hour. People walking the hallways. The door is left open so you can hear everything. And don’t get me started on the lights. These fluorescence on and brighter every time someone comes in to “check this” and “check that”.

I am glad I found this book to give credibility to my chapters describing that the medical system is messed up. It makes what I have been saying all along sound more cohesive.