You know those take home instructions that the hospital gives you when they release you? Apparently, they don't work too well. Either that or the hospital is releasing people too soon. On the other hand, hopsitals are often between a rock and a hard place in terms of the timing of discharge. The longer one stays in-patient, the more likely it seems to be that the patient will catch one of those nasty bugs that always seem to be running around in the hospitals.