A friendly warning to those who have hospitalized loved ones

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I would like to give this warning to everyone who's got a relative or a friend in the hospital. I know how difficult it is emotionally and financially, especially for people like me who live in not-so-economically-well-off countries. No matter how hard it already is for you taking care of someone in the hospital, some people can and will take advantage of your situation. Last year, my grandmother's diabetes got worse, and she had to be in the intensive care unit for weeks. We had to buy intravenous medicine in vials, and each vial is really expensive (like five times the daily minimum wage). There was a time when she has to be given three vials, one vial every eight hours. My mom bought it, say, last night. She went home to sleep, eat, and change, and then she's off again to the hospital the next morning. To her surprise, the nurse-on-duty (NOD) told my mom to buy 3 more vials. My mom said, "I just bought three vials last night, and that's not even 12 hours ago. I gave the vials to the NOD, so where are they?" Then the nurses in the ICU started pointing fingers, until we found out who the culprits were. It turned out that this is not the first time that medicines got stolen in this hospital, and the thieves sell it to other people for a lower price. These crooks should be really thankful that my mom didn't get them fired, as they deserve to be. I'm not saying all nurses are like this. All I'm saying is that we have to be really careful. There are people who will pull you further down for their own advantage.