Have you ever personally experience a hospital stay in France, or in England, or in Belgium or in Italy?
MAYBE some hospital in the "old world" are not as "marble and stainless steel" as they are here, but they have ALL the equipments, they keep patients a lot longer if they wish (even for a simple birth!), AND the risk of contracting a deadly infection unrelated to the original reason for one's hospitalization is MUCH lower in French hospitals!
link: United States: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that roughly 1.7 million hospital-associated infections, from all types of bacteria combined, cause or contribute to 99,000 deaths each year.[1] Other estimates indicate that 10%, or 2 million, patients a year become infected, with the annual cost ranging from $4.5 billion to $11 billion. In the USA the most frequent type of infection hospitalwide is urinary tract infection (36%), followed by surgical site infection (20%), bloodstream infection (BSI), and pneumonia (both 11%).[1]
France: estimates ranged from 6.7% in 1990 to 7.4% (patients may have several infections).[4] At national level, prevalence among patients in health care facilities was 6.7% in 1996,[5] 5.9% in 2001[6] and 5.0% in 2006.[7] The rates for nosocomial infections were 7.6% in 1996, 6.4% in 2001 and 5.4% in 2006.
In 2006, the most common infection sites were urinary tract infections (30,3 %), pneumopathy (14,7 %), infections of surgery site (14,2 %). infections of the skin and mucous membrane (10,2 %), other respiratory infections (6,8%) and bacterial infections / blood poisoning (6,4 %).[8] The rates among adult patients in intensive care were 13,5% in 2004, 14,6% in 2005, 14,1% in 2006 and 14.4% in 2007.[9])
It has also been estimated that nosocomial infections make patients stay in the hospital 4-5 additional days. Around 2004-2005, about 9,000 people died each year with a nosocomial infection, of which about 4,200 would have survived without this infection.[10]
By the way, homeopathy in France falls under the law, and ONLY physicians with additional studies in homeopathy can practice it legally!
Link: France
Regulatory status of homeopathy in France
Homeopathic practice
In France the practice of homeopathy is only allowed to medical doctors. The Ordre National des Médécins (National Medical Council) in their report of 27 February 1997 (Lebatard-Sartre report) recognised homeopathy as a medical therapeutic method and recommended the creation of a Diplôme Inter-Universitaire (DIU) of homeopathy.
Currently, General Practitioners (GPs) who have taken additional training in homeopathy are allowed to use the qualification "orientation homéopathie".
