This is great stuff. As doctors and nurses we often focus on the medical aspects of getting patients well enough to be discharged from the hospital. We have gifts for nurses and gifts for doctors. We even have hospital gifts for patients. But we never think about the poor people doing their best to stay out of the ER and get managed by the local charities fully funded without the help of government intervention.
For these folks, those with no resources at all, we often forget about the little things that can make all the difference in the world. Imagine trying to live your life day in and day out with out the basic items of dignity. Even averbal, demented old nursing home patients get a monthly stipend for their personal items.
Happy's ER doctors and staff are collecting personal items to give to a local no questions asked free charity clinic fully funded by private donations and fully staffed by the goodwill of people just trying to make a difference. Here's a picture of all the charity donations being collected by the ER doctors and nurses to give the their less fortune patient population.
While the ER may get stuck day in and day out taking care of patients faking a seizure in the ER, they still have the heart to give these same folks free Maxi Pads and Sensodyne toothpaste. Come on people. Let's fill these containers to the brim with compassion and caring.
On second thought. Maybe they're just trying to prevent bad smells from coming back to the ER after the holidays. You never know.
