Shouldn’t we be pleased that hospitals care about ridding themselves of pests and rodents?
Really what a most monstrous fuss about nothing, it really does amount to a lot of very hot air when the spotlight is placed on the hospitals that have actually been proactive when tackling any infestations they have. This morning’s news was full of the apparent disgrace of hospitals who have responsibly called in the pest police to deal with a plethora of infestation problems from maggots to rats……..I can’t be the only person that is really more concerned about the hospitals who are way down on the list, are they perhaps not addressing the problem, which to me is a far more worrying thought.
Personally I would prefer to be in one of the hospitals at the top of the ‘pest list’ rather than at the bottom – that would actually tell me the hospital was in control of common, yes common pests, not possibly ignoring it, or worse, unaware.
I have news for you, hospitals have always had their fair share of pests, some two legged, some four!!
If you’ve ever worked in hospital, especially at night time, you may have come across our little co-habitors. Personally I have memories of being on night duty when the kitchens were fumigated, I’ve never seen so many cockroaches in my life, nor do I ever want to again, it was not a pretty sight. However, this was in the ‘good old days’ when hospitals were run by the dragons, Matron and her retinue, when all was meant to be spotlessly clean without a super bug in sight!!
We don’t all see through permanently rosy spectacles, we have to accept that life has moved on, medicine has moved forward and nursing with it. The harpies all want the clock to be turned back, but do they also want medicine to go backwards to? Somehow I don’t think so.
It really doesn’t help to constantly have a go at our hospitals, they are full of hard working, dedicated people who are sick and tired of ‘targets’ – having to fulfil them and be targeted by them. They are also fed up of being on the front line of any political party who wants to score points. Yes of course we want clean infection free hospitals – and that is what people are working towards. After all, if you work in the hospital and community, caring for patients, it really isn’t in your interests to spread infection – as you might be the next person to suffer. So come on, play fair and for once stop lambasting those that are actually working extreemly hard, to do a good job.
p.s. presume all hospitals have a ‘pest control policy’