I have posted before about my experience but it's worth repeating to illustrate why non medical people should be kept away from the ward.
Bounty lady came into our private room and tried to get names and address from me and dh.
When we asked why she wanted that info (being cynical suspicious types) she finally disclosed who she was. From here on we were trying to get her to leave us alone, but she wouldn't go.
She kept trying new angles, including the cb form and the freebies. We were quite clear and polite in saying no, please leave us alone.
In the end she asked us whether this was our first, at which point all bets were off. Our older dd had died just weeks before. We told her, fairly bluntly, and again asked get to leave.
Her parting words: "Oh well, at least you've got a nice little replacement there."
The hospital staff all knew what had happened to us and handled a difficult situation beautifully well. One person not in the loop, tactless and ignorant, greedy for commission, undid so much of their work in trying to protect us and help us.
Commercial interests do not belong in medical settings. We go there as patients, not customers.
Quoteunquote, I'm so sorry about the impact they have had on you. they are unscrupulous bastards who prey on the vulnerable and have no compassion.