Mind of my Stroked Brain

 One of my nurses (attenders) went today after a while.  I have 2  ​" attenders ​"  now instead of "nurses" mainly because  (i) There is no point having a nurse.  There is nothing to nurse anymore. Just need someone who can keep the lights on ​... (ii) Nurses are much more expensive than an attender.  ​Nurses usually have a Degree in nursing, maybe experienced, at ease  GNM degree (General Nursing Management)  Attenders  ​on the other hand,  are usually 10th/ 12th pass, untrained and ​ usually  having some compulsion (mostly economic) to agree to do something like this job.  Anyway, getting one is not easy. It is a very quasi-organised industry and very chaotic at that!  There are many many sources (agencies) and it is very easy to get an attender, but getting someone who  ​" clicks ​"  and stays a while is very very difficult and usually takes a miracle. When an attender leaves from here, it is usually a re...

Critical life support systems... We have many needs in life. But not all of them are critical for life itself. Just an extension of "Maslow's hierarchy of needs"...  Ex., we need a number of things in life today - shelter, clothing, sense of security, etc., etc. you can even throw in electricity, internet, wifi, mobile nowadays. Most of us will die without it.  They are all needs, but not critical needs in my opinion. As per my opinion, there are only three things that are critical to life. i.e., life won't survive without these things: 1. Oxygen/ air/ breathing  2. Water/ fluids/ drink  3. Food/ Nutrition/ eating or consuming  1. Air - we breathe. It only takes a couple of minutes for humans without it to die. If we can't breathe, usually we are plugged in to some sort of ventilator machine. It's an external critical life support system. If one cannot breathe at all and has to be on a ventilator forever, how long is reasonable to keep them plugged in (assum...