近来,医院的效率越来越高了。病人住院根本无须久等,因为医院的床位过剩。为了经营下去,医院就得尽力避免病床空闲。这似乎是好事,似乎也不是好事。前些天,我到医院探望一位住院的朋友。我先到了问讯处,那里兼办入院手续。没等我开口问及我朋友的病房房号,值班小姐便拿出一份表格,记下了我的姓名、年龄、职业,揿了电铃。我刚要说明我只是来探望朋友的,早有两个护理员推着一辆轮椅来到我眼前。他们把我按到轮椅上,顺着走廊推起就走。 Recently, hospitals have become more and more efficient. The hospitalization of the patient does not have to wait for a long time, because the hospital has an oversupply of beds. In order to operate, the hospital has to do its best to avoid the bed being idle. This seems to be a good thing and it does not seem to be a good thing. The other day, I went to the hospital to visit a hospitalized friend. I first got to the information desk, where I was also admitted to the hospital. I did not wait until I asked my friend’s ward room number. Miss Dutyon took out a form, recorded my name, age, occupation, and rang the bell. I just wanted to show that I just came to visit my friends. Two care workers had already pushed my wheelchair into my eyes. They pushed me into a wheelchair and pushed along the corridor to leave.