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Buildings designed to fix you while charging admission to the worst day of your life.
means Institutions staffed by medical professionals where the sick and injured are treated, cared for, and sometimes healed.
from From Latin 'hospes,' meaning both 'guest' and 'host' — the same root that gives us 'hospitality,' 'hostel,' and 'hotel.' A medieval 'hospital' was originally a house of welcome for travelers, pilgrims, and the poor, run largely by religious orders; the sense gradually narrowed to a place for the sick. Curiously, 'hospes' is also a cousin of 'hostis,' meaning 'enemy' or 'stranger' — so buried in the word is the ancient idea that the visitor at your door might be friend or foe.
- origin word
- Same root as hostel and hospitality
- infection risk
- Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands yearly
- oldest still running
- Sri Lanka's date to the 5th century BCE
- helipads
- Many roofs are secret aircraft landing zones
- sound trauma
- ICU alarm fatigue is a documented safety crisis
mayo clinic — rochester, minnesota medical center founded 1889, consistently ranked #1 in us news rankings
johns hopkins hospital — baltimore, maryland established 1889, performs over 45,000 surgeries annually
great ormond street hospital — london children's hospital founded 1852, treats 250,000 patients per year