Institutionalized

Every time I see a large, institutional hospital like this I get that sinking feeling of what it must be like to be a long-term patient there.  It makes me grateful for the good health I enjoy (well, for an old guy anyway...) and appreciate life a bit more.

Stay away from these places.  They are deadly--between the infection risk, the medical malpractice risk, the medical error and medicine error rates they have a bad rap.  After all, you don't go there unless your sick in some way anyway...think about that!  Whoops, a little Freudian slip there.....

What a miracle that we have places that can help us when we are sick and need special medical help.  How I appreciate those that dedicate their lives working in places like these to care for and help those of us, and our loved ones, that do need to visit occasionally.   

Institutionalized