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19 October 2010

Finally, some good news!

By Melanie Redman
Photo courtesy of Melanie Redman and my fabulous trip to Argentina's wine country Photo courtesy of Melanie Redman and my fabulous trip to Argentina's wine country
This just in via NPR and my buddy, Chris: Hospitals in the U.S. are starting to offer alcohol to patients with their doctors' blessing. That sounds like good news to me!

I used to work in health policy and advocacy, where double standards and contradictions abound! It seems so funny to me that hospitals dispense pharmaceuticals to patients like they're candy, but suggest that a patient have a beer or glass of wine? Unthinkable! Well, folks, that's changing at some hospitals.

Parkview Ortho Hospital in Fort Wayne allows patients or family members to bring alcohol into the hospital if doctors have approved it. As first reported in The Journal Gazette, the hospital also indulges patients' fancies by serving steak dinners as a final meal before being discharged.

I have to admit that I'm not super excited about the steak dinner piece. I would understand if the steak dinner were requested as a final meal in general - like someone's last meal of life, but before hospital check out? I guess it depends on why you were in the hospital!

Written by: Melanie Redman

Melanie Redman

Melanie Redman is a Social Mission Collaborator with more than 10 years of direct experience in strategic, leadership and advisory roles across the social mission sector in the U.S. and Canada. She calls many places home - most recently Toronto, Buenos Aires and Seattle - but was sprouted from the Ozark Mountains of Southern Missouri. Learn more about her work at www.melanieredman.com or on LinkedIn.

 

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