Rules, laws, litigation, common sense and compassion
This is a picture of my friend John. 
He is on crutches because the wheelchair, which he is supposed to be using, and which he was given by the hospital, was too big to fit through the doorway of his apartment. When he rang to tell them this and to ask for a smaller one, he was told that because of his LARGE sized body they were worried that the smaller chair would not be strong enough. And something might happen and then they would be in trouble. Okay. Solution: he gets to walk on crutches which he may topple off because he is not supposed to be putting any weight on this hips, and he is unsteady on his feet. But no-one will get into trouble because they gave him a smaller wheelchair.
Let’s protect the hospital staff from silly litigation. It would also be good if we could encourage some creative compassionate thinking that keeps our citizens as safe and as pain-free as as possible.
