The Craziest Secrets You Should Know About Hospitals

Hospitals Are Becoming More Luxurious

Hospitals worry about losing revenue to retail clinics, urgent-care centers, and private surgery centers. To attract patients, they try to appear like hotels. They have waterfalls, pianos, and big windows. Instead of hiring people with backgrounds in health care, they’re bringing in people with experience in retail and five-star hotels.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.