Welcome to BacteriaLand!
A charming hospital in Fortaleza, where your child arrives with bronchiolitis… and picks up bacteria one after another.
Just as he was finally supposed to receive his pulse therapy treatment, surprise: a new little visitor has joined the party: Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae .
A quick ChatGPT query explains how it’s caught:
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Through direct or indirect contact
- Hands of medical staff (not disinfected between patients)
- Contaminated surfaces: beds, handles, respirators, probes, etc.
- Poorly sterilized medical equipment (intubation, catheters, suction devices…)
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Through respiratory routes
- An infected person coughs: micro-droplets may contain the bacteria (less frequent, but possible)
- Increased risk with mechanical ventilation or tracheal suction
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Through feces or urine
- Klebsiella is naturally present in the intestines. In case of leakage, it can contaminate the environment or other patients
We are thrilled!
We’re doing everything to stay positive: asking the whole world to pray to Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, and the whole gang…
But when we’re facing an organization of morons… what can you do? Huh?
Thank you and have a great day!
Important Update
I was informed that this text might be a bit too verbally violent.
I assure you that it represents only 1% of the hatred I feel, and that I was being nice!
The word idiot is relatively mild, almost cute!
Of course, I’m not lumping everyone together.
There are also people who do their job very well, like the doctors, and a majority of nurses and nursing assistants.
But unfortunately, there is a minority who seem to not care at all, not to mention the overall organization, and probably some high-ranking people in the hierarchy.
Incidentally, it’s quite “funny” to type the manager’s name into Google and see that he earned 8.2 billion reais in one year(source: O Globo).
So before you call me a French leftist (because people like to politicize things), be careful, I have nothing against entrepreneurs who make money.
We are also entrepreneurs. And we pay the hospital bills with the fruit of our labor!
But well, with 8.2 billion, we could perhaps invest in better communication and a decent organization, hygiene, better pay for staff, couldn’t we?
Isn’t that logical?
That’s what I call being an idiot. You see?
I’m even convinced that many hospital staff members would agree with me on this point.
Thank you.
PS: I’ve also heard that he’s not communicating on the bronchiolitis epidemic because“it’s not too good for tourism in Ceará“?
Wooooow, well done guys!
If you had informed me that there was a potentially deadly virus circulating when I left the maternity ward, I assure you that I would potentially not be here bothering you with complaints.
But well, it costs a lot to send an SMS or an email. It’s true. Sorry!
