For anyone in Boston

[JW77]

I've been following this as an avid advocate of green spaces and healing, and its scientifically proven that trees, gardens and so on improve recovery time from surgery, trauma, and improve general health


http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2015/09/prouty-garden-childrens-demolition

This is 4000 miles away from me.. But it still gets my goat, at some of the seeming insanity in health systems across the globe..

[iolaire]

 Here in DC my company is fundraising for a rooftop garden at our children's hospital. I think the parents will miss the green space the most as they must have so much stress that they are dealing with.

[Vt Big Rig]

I worked at Children's Hospital all through college. Our space was right next to Prouty Garden. It was/is a beautiful spot. Even now ( 40 years later) I remember the looks of serenity it gave parents and family of sick kids. Sorry to see it go.

[Simon Dog]

But it still gets my goat, at some of the seeming insanity in health systems across the globe..

Hospitals can service a limited # of patients, and it can sometimes take months to get an appointment with a specialist.   When I needed a hip job, it was 6 weeks for the evaluation (which changed to "tomorrow" when the doc who gave me the prednisone that took out the hip threw his weight around), and then an additional 8 weeks for the surgery.

The hospital may have had to make a choice - keep a beautiful garden, or expand and help more people.   How much do you think the garden will help people who are told "sorry, no openings for a few months"?

[Michael Murphy]

As iolaire pointed out this should not be a either or problem create a roof top garden on either a existing building or on the new building.