To think £7.90 per day for TV in hospital is ridiculous

[UltimateWednesday]

How do they justify this? What "costs" does it cover? Just for freeview TV, no WiFI or cable channels.

Not sure that nine channels and a fuzzy screen is all that....
Also the word 'vulnerable' is just trotted out meaninglessly these days.

It's part of 'corona virus bingo'.

It's probably the wettest most irritating word in the dictionary right now.

I would say that the worse thing about hospital TVs is that they all automatically turn on (I think usually about 6 am) with the news channel. They stay on unless somebody turns them off............................................... All that electricity being used, most of the unused tvs are turned against the wall so nobody bothers to turn them off............................ one by each bed!!!

And all those TVs are still coming on during corona with unused wards!

Well aren't you the charmer @Destroyedpeople.

Maybe if we don't use the word the people won't exist - how's that for you?

It's not even about people it's just a meaningless corona word. .it's just trotted out. That's only my opinion.

FFS it's got nothing to do with CV-19. It's a word that's been used in many industries and communities/services for years, it has a specific definition within Financial Services for example and it's used to make sure that people who are temporarily or permanently vulnerable get the service and care they need.

Vulnerabilities are not always physical health based or disabilities, they can be people at risk of harm from violence or people with limited/reduced capacity or mental illness or financial vulnerability or strangely enough they could be prisoners or people recently released from prison. Do you not think people in any of those positions deserve at least the same care and attention as prisoners?

Fair enough waxonfeckoff....but to me it has recently become part of the meaningless covid vocabulary.
Of course patients should be treated better than prisoners. On the other hand hospitals are not hotels and perhaps we Brits are just a wee bit spoilt in our expectations s.

I have to admit having recently been in, I didn't mind paying nor do I for other things that may seem a rip off such a parking. I see it as being incredibly lucky we have such an amazing health service which I don't have to pay private healthcare for. Therefore the odd £££ for such an amazing service feels ok.

I dunno, I just think that £5 for 2 hours tv for an elderly person unable to really engage in anything, in a room by themselves 24 hours a day for months on end is a disgrace. Someone in for a few days with an ipad and available wifi? not too fussed to be honest.

I can't say I've really noticed a meaningless covid vocabulary to be honest but i do agree that overuse of words can make them lose impact and can be annoying.

My own experience of hospital has meant broken beds, no privacy as curtains missing, no lightbulbs in lamps, little support, missed meals, missed medication, an open tube left in my spine etc. But I don't really care about those things as they delivered me a healthy baby and I was otherwise fit and healthy and had the support of my DH and family and a decent home to go to. If it was a hotel, i might have complained

@purpleme12

Yes but the point here is that lots of people would feel like they would really benefit from it in hospital

And I was answering the OP's original question as to whether s/he was being unreasonable "to think £7.90 per day for TV in hospital is ridiculous". My answer to that is that I wouldn't be prepared to pay it.