Medical tourism destinations, like Bangkok or Dubai, make hospitals more than a hotel. BUT entering a New York emergency room or hospital can be a terrifying experience. If you have been a patient in a New York hospital or spent time in a New York Emergency room, you know that the absence of a positive […]
Why Can’t a Hospital Be More Like a Hotel?
If you have been a patient in a New York hospital or spent time in a New York Emergency room, you know that the absence of a positive hotel employee attitude, hotel amenities, hotel spaces, and hotel cleanliness produces a heightened level of anxiety that leads to ongoing fears. Perhaps this occurs (at least in some […]
Argentina tightens COVID-19 restrictions for nine days
Face-to-face social, economic, educational, religious and sports activities will be suspended, while only essential services are permitted. Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez addressed the nation to announce a strict lockdown in all “high risk” areas in a message shortly after 8.30 p.m. (2330GMT). “We are living the worst moment since the pandemic began. We have the […]
Hospitality industry offers a roadmap to hospital and ER services
Can you survive in an ER orHospitals in New York? Dr. Elinor Garely has gotten sick in Mexico, parts of Africa, Italy, and the Caribbean – and survived! The experience of Hospital ER services in New York is un-American and inhuman. Having recently experienced ER departments and in-patient medical services in Manhattan, she was not sure if […]
Improving Hospital and ER Services? Hospitality Industry Offers Roadmap
Dr. Elinor Garely has researched, written, and taught the multiple aspects and dynamics of the hotel, travel, and tourism industry for many years as a reporter /editor with eTurboNews.com and WorldTourismNetwork (wtn.travel) and a Professor at the City University of New York, BMCC campus. She has gotten sick in Mexico, parts of Africa, Italy, and the Caribbean – and survived! Having recently experienced ER departments and in-patient medical services […]
Hospital Emergency Rooms: A Gateway to Hell
Hospital-based emergency care is the only medical treatment to which Americans have a legal right, regardless of their ability to pay. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) was passed by Congress in 1986 and require hospitals and ambulance services to provide care to anyone needing emergency healthcare treatment regardless of citizenship, legal […]
New York Emergency Rooms: Un-American, scandalous, and dangerous
“Do not get very sick in New York City… so sick that you require emergency care,” warns Dr. Elinor Garely. She suggests that “Hospitals look to the hospitality industry for guidance and direction if they have an interest in turning a sick patient into a healthy visitor.” Business travelers and tourists frequently get sick while […]