VIP vs. General Population
Although the baby boomer generations of the 1960’s
are in the retirement stages of their lives, it seems that some of the younger
population has taken on the role as the baby boomers of today. These elite
groups of baby boomers are among the wealthy of the population ranging from
movie stars to singers and young entrepreneurs. Recently, one of Hollywood’s wealthiest
couples gave birth to a beautiful baby girl at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital (Grossberg, 2012).
Singer, song writer, and actress Beyonce and music mogul rapper Jay- Z Carter were
yet again in the spotlight; however they were not there in good spirits. Both
mother and father were in the spotlight due to accusations of causing unpleasant
birth for other parents within the hospital. New mothers and patients of the
hospital have stated they were mistreated by the hospital staff and the Carter’s
security team. Some parents claimed they were moved to different rooms, asked
to leave the neonatal ICU and others claimed their birthing and breastfeeding
classes were canceled due to the birth of baby Carter. Contrary to the reports,
hospitals officials denies the claims of the treatment to the other mothers and
further denies the claims that the Carter family rented out a section of the
hospital for their personal use (Grossberg, 2012).
This article is one of many that
surface when hospitals are caring for wealthy patients. Examples such as the
birth of baby Carter promote ethical issues that hospitals have to deal with
every day. However, not only do famous patients receive special treatment,
hospitals also are accused of providing elite care for patients such as
financial donors of the hospital, trustees’ family members, and board of
trustee members. Although it is important that the privacy of any patient is
protected, every patient should be treated equally when seeking care regardless
of their social status. Therefore if hospitals are making special arrangement
for wealthier patients, I believe that these hospitals need to be held
accountable and policies need to be implemented to ensure that this does not
continue to happen.
References:
Grossberg, J. (2012,
January 09). Retrieved from http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45934223/ns/today-entertainment/t/hospital-denies-beyonce-rented-whole-floor-birth/
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