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Old 07-23-2017, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by John_W View Post
Today they had a big story about volunteers at The Villages Hospital doing everything from scrubbing operating rooms to delivering meals. Yet, I read that people go into the ER and sometimes get charged $1500 for taking their pulse and temperature. Isn't this hospital a commercial enterprise? Why should people work for free so that people who own and operate the hospital can make more money? When I had a business I would of liked to have volunteers come and do work for free. I can understand volunteering for charity, but this is not a charity, it's a big business.

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And I definitely would not want a volunteer scrubbing the operating room! No quality control there.
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