Question by Deesa: Volunteering for hospitals, where or how should i start?
I am in the pre-med program in my college. so i want to volunteer for hospitals during my spare time. but i’m really lost about the whole system? what should I do? where do i start? what should i tell them? what kind of work should i expect?

Best answer:

Answer by MT C
Almost all hospitals have candy stripers (volunteers). Just ask at the information desk (either call or walk in) about how to contact them.

Give your answer to this question below!

Question by sb0983: What are some names of good hospitals and good doctors that have and excellent neurology department?
What are some names of good hospitals and good doctors that have and excellent neurology department? My dad has been seeing different neurologist at different hospitals such as University of Penn and John Hopkins for the past two years. None of these doctors that he saw has given him and answer. Is there anbody that can help my dad. Is there any doctor and or a hospital that he can go to get and answer. The doctors say that he has complex neurological peoblems.

Best answer:

Answer by William W
Presbyterian Hospital in NYC has an excellent department with experienced physicians.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Question by kaykay: What hospitals in Philadelphia is easy to get a job doing clerical work?
Temple and Einstein mostly hire internally, do anybody know of any other Philadelphia hospitals where it is easy to obtain a job (actually get a interview) as a external applicant?

Best answer:

Answer by ablockgurl
All the hospitals I know you have to know an inside person, or you can send your resume to a contact person 5X’s a day. Try HUP

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Question by Jair Augusto Soares Correa: How did hospitals work during the XVIII century?
Is there a novel or a history book that talks about hospitals during the 1700s? I have this idea for a novel set on a french hospital during this time period. I’ll be thankful if any of you good people from planet earth could help me with this.

Best answer:

Answer by gee bee
Actual novels are few, about this subject but Dickens has many of his books laced with accounts of Poor Houses and Hostels or Hospitals.

The need for charity
London in the eighteenth century was a swirling mass of contrasts. A rowdy hedonistic, gin-swilling public rubbed shoulders with gentlefolk keen to do good work. One of the worst problems affected by the social conditions in London in the early eighteenth century was the large numbers of children either entirely abandoned or thrown on the tender mercies of the parish – illegitimate children were handed over to parish officers for a lump sum.

A rowdy hedonistic, gin-swilling public rubbed shoulders with gentlefolk keen to do good work.
But London was late in providing welfare for these children in comparison with many other European cities. Rome, for example, already had its Conservatorio della Ruota, founded by Pope Innocent III in the thirteenth century, and Venice had La Pietà, a fourteenth-century orphanage for girls. Apathy, puritan morality and disapproval of illegitimacy (the usual reason for deserted children) produced inaction in Britain. The only establishment dealing with foundlings as well as legitimate orphans was Christ’s Hospital, founded in 1552, but by 1676 the illegitimate were prohibited.

During the 1720s and 30s poor children were dying at an alarming rate – medicine was not winning the battle against disease and death after decades of severe epidemics (typhus, dysentery, measles, influenza) and the Gin Craze (11.2 million gallons of spirits consumed in a year in London – roughly seven gallons per adult) was sweeping the nation with disastrous consequences. And in general, the only provision for illegitimate babies was the parish poorhouses or, from 1722, the workhouses where they frequently died of neglect. Mortality rates were extremely high: over 74% of children born in London died before they were five. In workhouses the death rate increased to over 90%.

The Foundling
The Foundling Hospital was one of the sights to which foreigners were taken. This hospital, built in Lamb’s Conduit Fields, so that its inmates might enjoy pure country air, was one of the beautiful things of London and it lasted until the philistine authorities of our own day suffered it to be destroyed. As early as 1713 Addison, in an essay in the Guardian, had called attention to the plight of unwanted infants, who were often exposed to die upon the highway. It was not, however, till 1742 that, thanks to the exertions of Captain Thomas Coram, a place of refuge to be called the Foundling Hospital was built by public subscriptions. Three of Hogarth’s pictures, which that great painter had presented to the Hospital, hung upon its walls; Handel had given an organ for the chapel and every year a benefit of his oratorio, The Messiah, which he conducted himself.

Bedlam
Bedlam, incredible as it may seem, was one of the sights of London. The gentle, kindly Sophie de la Roche paints it in softened if not glowing colours. There were, she said, no chains or straps, though the worst of the patients wore strait-jackets, which were tied with cords to the corners of the rooms. These rooms were bright and comfortable and the inmates were encouraged to read and occupy themselves quietly. Sophie found Mrs. Nicholson, who had tried to murder George III, reading Shakespeare, and asking for some more quill pens. The man at that time in charge of the asylum was Dr. Monroe, who insisted on fresh air and cleanliness, and that the patients should be treated kindly. “This” he told Sophie “is a fever of the mind, tender, gentle handling is the only cure for this.” Unfortunately very few doctors agreed with Monroe and when he was not at Bedlam things were very different. De Saussure saw dangerous maniacs chained and terrible to behold. “On holidays” he says “numerous persons of both sexes, but belonging generally to the lower classes, visit the hospital and amuse themselves by watching these unfortunate wretches who often give them cause for laughter.” Von Uffenbach says that “in Holland such places are managed with far greater propriety “.

What do you think? Answer below!

Question by aLmA: Do any hospitals pay for your medical school if you work for that hospital?
Im planning on goin to a university in dallas or san antonio. What i was wondering was if any hospitals pay for the school because where i live now there is a hospital that does. So i was wondering if any colleges there do.

Best answer:

Answer by Hhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I don’t know, but the military will if you work for them afterwards for a short while.

Add your own answer in the comments!

Question by Tracy: How much do hospitals charge for newborns ?
I am having a baby, and I know what I am going to be charged for me, it will max my co-insurance. My question revolves around my son. How much money does a hospital typically charge for a newborn while they are in the hospital.(assuming the typical 2-3 days in the hospital + a circumcision, and no major problems) I am afraid to know what hospitals charge for the baby + looking for some answers if anyone knows.

Best answer:

Answer by Bethypoo
for my daughter it costed $ 850, but she was very healthy and we only stayed in the hospital for a day after she was born. At the hospital where I live they charge $ 250 for a circumcision. To get a more precise estimate of costs check with your hospital, they should be able to give you a list of fees.

Add your own answer in the comments!

Question by gorgeousLove: hospitals…?
Whenever i go into the hospital to visit someone, i get really sick. My eyes start to black out some, I feel dizzy, and it feels as if i were going to throw up. It’s really annoying. Why does this happen? Is there anything I can do to help myself?

Best answer:

Answer by txhypnotist
Oxygen

Give your answer to this question below!

Question by nikki_karate: Hospitals?
I need to find out why Florida is a great place to be treated for cancer. example… Florida has the best hospitals in the USA.. something like that. I can’t facts why Florida is a great place to be treated when having cancer.
any where in Florida. I am trying to find good things about hospitals. I am sorry to hear that.

Best answer:

Answer by b_jayne_s
Where exactly in Fla? I can give you a cancer horror story that happened to my mother in Fla…… There is at least one Dr and one hospital that I would NOT reccomend!!

Add your own answer in the comments!