Here is the story. Recently my Grandmother was very ill and her chances were not good (fortunately she has turned around and is getting much better). My Mother, myself and the great grandchildren are in California and my Grandmother is in Pennsylvania, travel was not an option at the time. I called the hospital and asked the nurse and subsequently the superviser if it would be possilble to have a PC in her room with a net connection so we could connect via yahoo or msn messenger on webcam so she could see us. Hospitals have lots of PCs and someone has to have the skills to perform such a simple hook up. The idea was flatly shot down. Was I out of line to expect a lil cooperation and compassion in this situation. I would like some feedback, particularly from those in the medical field, IDEALY from someone in medical administration. This should be a service offered by hospitals in my opinion. Thank you
2006-12-25
00:10:51
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mangoretheogre
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I did not ask for a web feed from the hospital. I wanted to feed from our camera here in Cali to her so she could see us and we could say what we thought we needed to say and she could see us. Sorry for the confusion. I should have been clearer. Would privacy still be an issue in that case? We have the technology to make this happen and to me this would be a far better use of the technology than many things that it is used for.
2006-12-25
01:29:10 ·
update #1