The Surgeon General has…
Written by admin on May 13, 2008 – 6:00 am -I swear that this is the first time I’ve seen this anywhere, patients at a hospital allowed to go out to take smoke breaks, with their I.V.’s attached nonetheless. This is isn’t the first time I’ve seen this, patients in Korea are allowed to step out to take a smoke, I was fortunate enough to have my digicam handy at the time, too bad I could not get closer to clearly show the cigarette he was holding. I guess this patient isn’t in for lung cancer or emphysema.
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By jaz on Jul 1, 2008 | Reply
hehe…..there are many real patients but there are also what they call “nylon”(나이롱)patients here.
my son was once hospitalized due to a fracture (twice actually, once on the leg and once on the arm, kids~!) nyway, there were 5 patients in the room, and except for my son, there were lots of “ajoshis”. most of them didnt look like anyone who should be there.
many of them were confined due to “traffic accidents”, someone told me they were actually in the hospital for the insurance payment, they play card games, smoke in groups outside the hospital, look for the nearest “pc bang”(internet cafe) stay there for hours, and come back when someone calls coz the insurance personnel came to visit. its crazy~!
they’ll be confined for days til the insurance company finally gives in and settles for an amount.