So, my local hospital is a chop-shop pharma factory that has taken loved ones from me over and over again with their neglect, incompetence, and downright malicious actions.
Everything they've ever done for us has only put us further in debt and turned one physical ailment into two.
I doubt I'm alone, but our family has significantly bad "luck" when it comes to the medical industry.
Now, here's the deal. I know some "secrets" about this hospital. Secrets, like, why the original blueprints were two stories taller, and why no one is allowed in the basement, secrets.
Enough for an honest building inspector to condemn it, and possibly even too bad for a dishonest building inspector to accept a bribe, no matter how large.
We're talking, the plumbing system being out of alignment by at least a foot, and sheering off flooding the basement problems with the massive building...
But, here's the rough of it; my town is so helplessly corrupt that no one cares anymore; like the end scene in Soylent Green where the entire congregation is not only unsurprised that soylent green is people, but they are beyond caring.
It's so damn corrupt that they actually couldn't bribe a land inspector to install a park next to the waterfront because the toxic waste in the soil was such that no trees or plants would grow there, effectively risking distressing the populous when they notice squirrels without hair and extra limbs running around if they did put a park there. They instead installed two garish concrete trees to distract from the inability for real trees to live more than a year and then paved over nearly three acres of topsoil and then restricted parking there so no one can park during big downtown shindigs.
Anyway... I know a way to expose the dirty laundry of the hospital; the secrets in the basement and skeletons in the closet, so to speak. I can jump on an existing movement that exists against new city zoning and bridge the gap as to why the city board is making sweeping and seemingly idiotic mistakes when it comes to city planning. The entire city literally revolves around a fraudulent scheme involving the hospital by which they ultimately declare a state of emergency and get federal money to pay for a new hospital, while the city board owns all the construction and services and can charge a premium on everything. Yeah, I'm not even kidding here, it's a full Rorschach-level fraud scheme.
But in getting the hospital closed down, I will have shut down the only hospital for miles. Any good they do actually do would cease, and people would be panicking to find a place to prescribe their Big Pharma slave medication so they don't keel off from withdrawal symptoms.
It's a conundrum I've been grappling with for a while, even before they took my mother from me. Not only would I be risking my own life to get the word out, as I'm certain it is more than enough for them to send hitmen after me for, but I'd also risk the lives of those still dependent on the allopathic cult headquarters that is that monstrous eyesore in order to survive.
On top of that, I might end up playing into their scheme because they planned for the hospital to have an "expiration date." It's hard to know if I'd be doing any thing positive at all, since the damage is essentially already done.
So, what would you do?
Hey fren, I fully understand your dillema. I wish I had an easy answer, but in your position I think I'd be feeling the exact same. My mom is basically my entire world--I am very sorry you lost yours. If that happened to me, I probably would try to bring it all down, no matter the cost...but I'd certainly be feeling torn, and ultimately, it really sucks that in circumstances like these the people who NEED hospitals would suffer if the hospitals were held accountable to the extent that they ought to be. They poison the water and sell us the cure...it's fucked up.
All that being said, here's my only little tidbit of advice: You said there is an existing movement to take down this corrupt hospital. Do you think that folks within this movement have information to do with accessibility to other doctor networks/pharmacies/etc that could be shared with the people who would be screwed over by the hospital closing? In your area, is there anything like those frontline doctor clinics--even if it's a lot farther than the hospital? If I had the power to take down a corrupt place like that, AND if I knew that the people who genuinely rely upon it for medical care would potential have other options...I think I'd do it, for sure. Certainly hospitals facing lawsuits and closures MUST have protocol on getting displaced patients the care they need, even if it is difficult or inconvinient...I don't know that for sure, but I strongly think that's something that could happen.
I think if you can, in any way shape or form, get in contact with people on our side of the story to find out what would definitely happen to patients if the hospital closed, you should look into it. Depending on the info you get, you could decide for sure from there.
I feel for you. Shit's tough. I think if patients WOULD suffer for sure, then it is not worth it sadly. Hospitals are a double-edged sword like that, and I experience it first hand because I have chronic health issues myself, and many family members do too. A local hospital has totally fucked over someone close to me on multiple occasions...makes me wish the place would just evaporate and vanish from existence...but then where would I get the care that I require? That hypothetical question always makes me think of others...because for every person they screw over, there's another that gets their life saved. It's really kind of distressing to think about too deeply. So I feel for you. Good luck, and follow your heart whatever you do~
It's actually for zoning, not the hospital, but the zoning is to get a new outer loop constructed using the intentionally poorly placed hospital on the outskirts of town as an excuse to build it.
I can hop on that movement, and show them how the outer loop is simply one component of the fraud. Building the outer loop would expand the city zoning and include out-of-city residents as being inside the city tax division, despite not being able to vote in city elections. Yeah, really freaking crooked, I know.
Taking it further, it would put our city in massive debt such that they would be able to apply for federal funds in an event of a state of emergency should the hospital implode.
Thanks for your interest. It's so much larger than me, but it feels like I'm the only one who realizes what is going on, which is driving me crazy.