Yes I must agree it is better to help than to hurt.But some of the drugs they give people these days leaves alot to be desired, and I have, and always will blame the drugs that my ex partner was taking for the destruction of our relationship back then.
The worst people to see in pain are the babies and the elderly, the youngsters cannot explain what their pain is all about, and the elderly put their lives in the hands of Doctors that are sometimes questionable in their diognosis of the the problem that they face.

What has happened to the care in our hospitals. In days gone by you went into hospital and were treated and in most cases you were cured.Not today, you now have a fair chance of getting an infection and coming out worse than you went in.

They should bring back matrons and let the nursing staff be under her control, also the cleaning people should be employed by the hospital not outside agencies. I remember nurses doing cleaning themselves when the cleaner was absent or busy elsewhere. Mind you those were the days when nurses were not responsible for too many patients to care for properly

I do agree with what you are all saying but......
these bugs have mutated because people didnt take their antibiotic course,therefore they have become emmune to it.
Clostridium difcile (c/dif) is a little different but in the main is caused by not washing hands.
I agree 100% with the ward having their own cleaners,having pride in their wards too.Let us not forget nurses are NOT the same now as they were,we did as we were told,now they are there to observe for the first 3 years,18 months of that is now at uni.. and do you know why.........because we can all sue now if anything goes wrong !so no learners near me..............so how do they learn ?
The main thing that has been lost is RESPECT ! if you respect one another and more importantly the patients all will be well.