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why can't Hospitals enforce the 'no smoking' areas outside?

Andy From Sligo · 2023-07-16 13:32:47

I wonder why hospitals cannot enforce the no smoking rules they have in place once and for all successfully. I was outside our local hospital (temporary entrance) waiting to be picked up on Friday and a Sign on the wall (well signs) "This is a no Smoking Campus" - No smoking allowed in any area of the hospital and its…

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#122 24-07-2023 7:36pm
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Unfortunately there are many people ' dying' or very ill who are still undergoing active tratment or palliative care that precludes them from attending a hospice.
There are many receiving end of life care in critical hospitals. Unless there is a decision to pull everything.
But that decision is made to make the best out of that time left and it is not always appropriate to pull every treatment straight away.
Its not black and white.
So yes there should be somewhere in every hospital for these people to be allowed to smoke.
The problem is decisions made by people who see things in black and white.

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