Survived the hospital
Okay, so I survived the coronary catheterization. Surgeon agreed to enter through my wrist–although nurses insisted upon prepping my groin–and he found no problem. So, $15,000 paid by Medicare to find nothing.
I was glad to see signs posted in the prep rooms, “It is OK to ask health workers if they have cleaned their hands”. I asked, they said they had. And I found no exceptions, but this: a nurse came in, washed her hands, put on her gloves, then turned to a table and stuck her gloved hand into the pocket of her jacket, and took out a pen to fill out a form. Fortunately, she didn’t touch me after that.
None of them, on being asked, had ever heard of Peter Pronovost,
So I’ m cleared of coronart blockages. So what caused my underlying condition? $15,000 can’t tell.