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valkryorMe: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-regional-hospital-visitation-policy-1.6615191
"While Wallace-Wilson and Gagnon told CBC News they understand the risks associated with having patients come into the NICU, they said the baby shouldn't have to be on life-support for family to see her."
Yes, I get it. Having a newborn in the NICU is gut-wrenching. Only allowing two at their bedside seems cruel. AND YET.
This entire article just makes my blood boil. Not because of hospital policy (been there, done that), but because the parents of this infant are so fucking entitled and tone-deaf. "Yes, that's policy, but why does it apply to MEEEEEE?!"
I just want to smack the pair of them.
How dare they risk the lives of every other infant fighting for their lives in that room? So fucking selfish.
clawfoot: They do not seem to understand how transmissible diseases work. "Just put the baby in a different room, let them visit, put them back." It's FLU SEASON. There's still a FUCKING PANDEMIC GOING ON.
And they keep framing it as something for the BABY. But it's not, it's for THEM. They want her to "meet her family." Bullshit. They want the family to meet HER. She's a newborn. She doesn't know the difference.
Me: The parents are desperate and you know what? I understand. I empathize. But risking the lives of everyone else in that room because of your own selfish wants? Now I have ZERO sympathy for you.
"While Wallace-Wilson and Gagnon told CBC News they understand the risks associated with having patients come into the NICU, they said the baby shouldn't have to be on life-support for family to see her."
Yes, I get it. Having a newborn in the NICU is gut-wrenching. Only allowing two at their bedside seems cruel. AND YET.
This entire article just makes my blood boil. Not because of hospital policy (been there, done that), but because the parents of this infant are so fucking entitled and tone-deaf. "Yes, that's policy, but why does it apply to MEEEEEE?!"
I just want to smack the pair of them.
How dare they risk the lives of every other infant fighting for their lives in that room? So fucking selfish.
clawfoot: They do not seem to understand how transmissible diseases work. "Just put the baby in a different room, let them visit, put them back." It's FLU SEASON. There's still a FUCKING PANDEMIC GOING ON.And they keep framing it as something for the BABY. But it's not, it's for THEM. They want her to "meet her family." Bullshit. They want the family to meet HER. She's a newborn. She doesn't know the difference.
Me: The parents are desperate and you know what? I understand. I empathize. But risking the lives of everyone else in that room because of your own selfish wants? Now I have ZERO sympathy for you.
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Date: 2022-10-19 08:00 pm (UTC)And yes! Restrictions for health reasons suck. There was only... 2? visitors allowed per day when my stepmom was in hospice during covid, and you couldn't change those two people. It sucked. But, like the article mentioned, palliative has different rules, because they ARE MAKING EXCEPTIONS WHEN NECESSARY. The extended family wanting to hang out with NICU baby is not a necessary exception.
What a useless "news item" to report.
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Date: 2022-10-20 12:07 pm (UTC)I can only hope that someone with more patience for this kind of nonsense than I sits them down and explains that this policy keeps their child safe. Because you can bet your bippy that they're the type to want an exception, but cry foul when someone else gets one, too.