Mark was upset. He believed his mother needed an IV to hydrate her and deliver antibiotics for a stubborn urinary infection, but he’d been told the hospital could no longer provide intravenous fluids. Though his mother was a LifeCare patient, Mark complained to a Memorial administrator, who explained that the hospital was in a survival mode now, not a treating mode. “Do you just flip a switch and you’re not a hospital anymore?” Mark asked.
