How is Norma?

[cateyes1]

A sweet grandmother
telephoned   St. Joseph 's Hospital. She timidly asked,
"Is it possible to speak to someone
Who can tell me how a patient is doing?"

The operator said,
"I'll be glad to help, dear.
What's the name and room number of the patient?"

The grandmother in her weak, tremulous voice said,
"Norma Findlay, Room 302."

The operator replied,  "Let me put you on hold while I check with the nurse's station for that room."

After a few minutes, the operator returned to the phone and said,  "I have good news. Her nurse just told me that Norma is doing well. Her blood pressure is fine; her blood work just came back normal, and her physician, Dr. Cohen, has scheduled her to be discharged tomorrow."

The grandmother said,"Thank you. That's wonderful. I was so worried.
God bless you for the good news."

The operator replied,"You're more than welcome. Is Norma your daughter?"

The grandmother said,"No, I'm Norma Findlay in Room 302.  No one tells me *bleep*."

TRUE STORY...

[samrhett2]

lol.  Pretty good.  Thanks for the laugh to start my morning.

[yosav]

very cute story, keep them coming 

[tigerlilly01]

funny .... unfortunately tooooo true   

[potluck6]

funny i guess that is one way to find out but what if the news wasn't so good

[charmaine56]

 ;Dgood good good
send another one

[twol]

Nice Thanks for the laugh

[sdecaro558]

Very funny, sort of.  The sad part is that it is probably true!

[marcar1008]

  ahhh that sweet old lady. Well at least they didn't pas her her own call LOL 

[ktheodos]

Ha ha ... good one

[jkhanson]

I am pretty sure the hospital staff would NOT be able to share any information due to the HIPAA laws
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.) that pretty much don't allow any information to be
given out to protect privacy.

[falcon9]

I am pretty sure the hospital staff would NOT be able to share any information due to the HIPAA laws
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.) that pretty much don't allow any information to be
given out to protect privacy.

That's correct.  What staff answering such calls usually does is ask the caller to first identify themselves, inquire whether or not the caller is family or, authorized to be given medical status information.  Of course, the caller could 'lie' about any of those things on the phone, (which is likely why the 'story' related by the OP was probably ficticious, even if it was general information given before such inquiries were not made).

[coulsongirls]

Thanks for the laugh