An overnight stay is for observation not comfort. The hospital wants to gather as many metrics as possible to keep you alive, respond ASAP to issues and dis-chargable to free up room for other sick patients. not give you a hotel bed.
I don't have a medical degree or anything but that's crazy.
(Also, the nurse said nobody sleeps here. Not just the people under observation.)
This isn't whats happening. Being sleep deprived for a day is annoying, but hardly a health issue. I bet most people would rather have doctors respond to you suddenly dropping blood O2 levels to under 90% than not.
> (Also, the nurse said nobody sleeps here. Not just the people under observation.)
Yes, nobody sleeps because nurses and doctors are all working >14 hour shifts with on-call rotations trying to keep people ALIVE. I have many medical professionals in my family, all of them are rest deprived, trying to keep track of the myriad of patients all demanding personal constant attention.
(And of course a sleep-deprived medical professional is a health hazard to everybody involved. Only a fool thinks otherwise.)
If you think sleep is a higher health factor than the reasons that the hospital want to put you under observation, then just refuse treatment.
If you don't want to be disturbed by patients in the same room, you can pay for that.
You get used to the beeping after one night anyway. If not, you can ask the nurse for earplugs or even sleeping pills (although sleeping pills are harder to get).
That is not exactly defense of medical system. If it keeps workers sleep deprived they will make mistakes. This just means system itself sux.