Ignaz Semmelweis realized doctors were killing women in childbirth by not washing their hands. He proved handwashing drastically reduced deaths. Instead of listening, his colleagues mocked him, drove him out of medicine, and he died in an asylum. Later, they admitted he was
It was a Catholic priest who came to the hospital to fight for my grandfather not to be taken off of life support against his wishes, and it was a Catholic priest who came late the night before he died to give him last rights.
My grandfather was not a Catholic.
This nurse just deadass looked me in the face and said “You have five children, you don’t have infertility”
Lady I’ve gotten pregnant once in the last ten years!
Then she said “are they all with the same partner? Are you wanting to have kids with a new partner” and when I said
if you have an android it signals to a woman you’re disagreeable. she can already picture you arguing with waitstaff about the automatic gratuity charge on the check. lecture her about breaking board game rules. she just wants to win at scrabble, man. she already skipped you
My dad's wife, who worked hospice, would often do what Father Brendon mentions. She would call the Catholic priests because they would come, and because they would minister to everyone.