Hospital rooms

@Porcospino (31365)
Denmark
March 22, 2013 2:55pm CST
How large are the rooms in the hospitals in your country, how many patients share the same room? In my country 12 patients shared the same room in the past. Today there are 4 beds, 2 beds or only one bed per room. When the patients have physical illnesses rooms with 4 beds are very common. In the psychiatric hospitals most of the rooms are single rooms but sometimes 2 patients have to share a room (if there are too many patients) Did the same development from large rooms to small rooms happen in your country? As a patient do your prefer a small room or a large room? Why? It is my experience from the time that I worked at hospitals that many of the patients preferred the rooms with two beds. That way they had somebody to talk to and the rooms were less noisy than the rooms with 4 patients, on the other hand there are also patients who prefer a single room.
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• Serbia
22 Mar 13
Well it depends on the wing and department i guess, you have small tiny rooms for giving blood to analyze to 2 beds room where i was after an accident a few years ago... A huge room with like 20-30 beds with curtains in the emergency room... It really depends which part of the hospital and department. Now on another note hospitals are one of the most Disgusting places in the world, every disease, germ, virus, every disqusting little thing from A to Z is in the hospital... In the last few years every time i went to a hospital i literally try not to breathe, with all the sh*t flying around hospital's air. SICK!!! Id rather spend my day in a graveyard than in a hospital... :)
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
23 Mar 13
I think that I would pick the hospital if I had to choose between a hospital and a graveyard 20-30 beds that is a lot. In my country the large rooms have disappeated today. In the past you ususally had to share your room with 11 people Those large rooms could get very noisy and there were very little privacy in those rooms. Many people didn't like those large rooms, and today they no longer exist. Rooms with 4 beds have become very common in the somatic wards. In the psychiatric hospitals most of the rooms are single rooms, and most of the patients in the psychiatric wards are happy to have their own room. I am not sure what they have chosen to create single rooms in the psychiatric wards, but I think that it has something to so with the type of illness.
• Serbia
22 Mar 13
On another note, id rather spend my day in a hospital than in a bank... :D hahaha the point of the matter is F Hospitals, F Banks, GO GRAVEYARD :P
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• Serbia
24 Mar 13
The 20-30 beds is just 1 room, the emergency room. And i agree it is alot. Generally i value my privacy and i like peace and quiet.
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@tkonlinevn (6427)
• Vietnam
28 Mar 13
How large are the rooms in hospital is depend on your money :D If you accept to pay much money, you can choose a bigger room with only you or two patients, of course. A normal room in hospital usually have 4-6 rooms. This room is a bit tight but it's still better to be located in the hallway.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
28 Mar 13
I learned from this discussion that size of the rooms depend on your money in many countries. In my country most of the hospitals are public hospitals where treatment is "free" (= paid through taxes) and you aren't able to choose the room size. Even if you have a lot of money you will have to accept the room that the hospital staff chooses for you. If you are very ill you might get a single room. In other situations you usually you have to stay in a room with 2 beds or a room with 4 beds. In the past there were some really large rooms at the hospitals in my country (12 beds per room) but today those large room don't exist anymore and the largest rooms usually consist of 4 beds.
@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
23 Mar 13
Hi there! i have worked in an administration of one hospital here in the City. There are many different room types as we are a private hospital. We have Executive rooms and this is the most expensive room - private and there are two beds for the family of the person admitted in the hospital. For private rooms, we have Large Private, Small Private and Semi Private Rooms. These rooms, the large private is slightly bigger than the Small private room, you do not share with anyone as it is a private room. Semi private rooms are rooms with two beds, you get to share a room with other patient. there are usually 2 or three patients in a semi private room. Of course this is cheaper but it can be a bit annoying for most especially that its hard to receive friends or family here because you share a room with other patients, only a clothing cutrains would separate the patients in this scenario. And for the non private rooms, called the ward... this is the cheapest rate for a hospital bed, in our ward, there are 6 people in it, there are no separation and its not private at all, you get to share a cr with 6 other patients and their families.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Mar 13
It was interesting to read your description of that hospital. I didn't know that you had so many different types of rooms. We have some private hospitals in my country too, but at those hospitals there are only two kinds of rooms - single rooms and rooms with two beds. If the patients need an extra bed for their family member it costs $130. I have never seen any of the private hospitals in person, I have only read about them. I have worked at hospitals in the past, but all of those hospitals were public hospitals where the normal room size is 4 beds per room in the somatic wards and (mostly) single rooms in the psychiatric hospitals.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
22 Mar 13
I really depends on the hospital, on the ward etc. Especially in the kid sections, there are even rooms with 8 or more beds... but the most common is 2, 4 or 6. Or you could even get a one-person one if you have those conditions (or just lucky). I personally say the fewer the better. I'm not a really extroverted person, and I hate it when a room is too noisy. If I could choose, I would choose to be by myself, I can have a lot of fun all by myself :D.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
23 Mar 13
I am not really sure what the children's ward look like in my country. I think that they might be larger than 4 beds, but I am not sure. In my country the common rooms in the somatic wards are rooms with 2 beds or 4 beds. I when I worked at hospitals I saw wards with 2 beds and 4 beds, but the rooms with 4 beds seem to be more common at least at the hospitals where I worked. I think that the type of room that people prefer often depend on their personality and whether they are introverted or extroverted. The extroverted patients that I met liked to have company and the introverted people often liked to have private rooms, but there was very few private room on the somatic wards and most patients weren't able to get their own room.
@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
23 Mar 13
Hi friend...in my country 8 patients shared the same rooms, it happens 10 years ago. Currently, 4 patients shared at the same room, and then 2 patients and 1 patients in one room. I prefer take 2 patients in one room as long as the large of the room is wide enough, so when I stay alone in the room i still have friend to talk and ask a help. But, if the room too small for 2 patients, i prefer take a room for me only. Because in my country there is not a standard size for each room in hospital.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Mar 13
It is like that my country, too - The size of the rooms isn't the same at every place. Some rooms are very small and if you place two beds in those rooms the rooms get very crowded because they weren't made for two beds. Other rooms are much larger and there is space enough for two beds. Last time I was at hospital I stayed in a single room. It was a very small room and it would have been hard to find enough room for two beds, so it was nice that I didn't have to share the room with other patients. It is interesting to hear that the number of beds also changed in your country from 8 to 4. In my country rooms with 12 beds were common in the past, but now those large rooms don't exist anymore, and 4 beds have become the common number of beds.
• Singapore
24 Mar 13
Yes it depends on what you can afford and your roommates. Sometimes it is depressing for the patient to see others who are also unwell, so some privacy will be good. If relatively healthy however, then may want to have other patients for company.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Mar 13
That is a good point. I think that is true that many of the patients who are relatively healthy like to have company. I have met many patients during the time that I worked at the hospital and many of them preferred the rooms with 2 beds. That way they had someone to talk to, but the rooms where less noisy than the large rooms with 4 beds. When my parents were at hospital in the begining of March they both stayed in the small rooms with only two patients and they were quite happy about that. Most of the hospitals in my country are public hospitals where you don't pay directly for your treatment. At those hospitals everyone gets the same treatment and it is not important if they have a lot of money or no money at all.
@pahak627 (5347)
• Philippines
22 Mar 13
As a patient, I prefer a bedroom with one bed. I don't like other people whom I don't know going in and out of the room. Recently, when I was admitted for confinement, all the private rooms were occupied and I have to wait for about 3 hours that the room will be vacated. Temporarily, I was placed in a room with 5 beds. When I was at my bed everyone where looking at me and I just don't know what to say to them. We were silent until I was transferred to the private room. I was really thankful for that.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
23 Mar 13
I undestand what you mean. I was in a similar last time I was a patient. They promised me that I would get a single room, but when I arrived the room wasn't empty, so I had to wait in a large room instead. One of the other patients was friendly and started talking to me, but I was ill and tired and I didn't really feel like socializing. I just wanted to get into my room and get into bed, but I wasn't able to do that. The room wasn't ready so I had to wait in the large at first. I was happy when I was finally able to spend the time in my private room.
• United States
22 Mar 13
Depends on who you have in the bed next to yours? I know when my Mom was in the hospital she had the most annoying person in the bed next to hers & she desperately wished she could afford a private room. Usually that's the only ones who get a private room, those that can afford it or have really good Health Insurance that covers such things as a private room etc. etc. So it's just a matter of what I would be able to afford or what my husband's Health Insurance allowed for us. Personally I wouldn't mind having a private room if I had to be in the hospital for a length of time simply because I like my privacy.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
22 Mar 13
In the my country medical treatment is paid through the taxes. The staff at the hospiral decides who gets a private room. If they decide that you need a private room you don't have the pay extra for that room. On the other hand you also won't get a private room "just" because you can afford it, it is the staff who makes the decision in every case and it depends on your illness. If you are very ill you might get a private room. So our situation is different from the situation in your country. When I had mononucleosis I had a private room and I was happy about that, but it wouldn't be a big problem if I have to share the room with other patients in the future. I just hope that I wouldn't get a person like the person your mother experienced.