The northbound lanes of the BQE prepare for the Roosevelt
Ave exit. The little blue sign attached to the overhead directional,
means a hospital is near the exit. That would be the notorious
Elmhurst General Medical Center. Notice how hospitals are never
called hospitals anymore. They are "Medical Centers",
as if eliminating the word hospital will hide the fact that there
are sick and dying people lying there. Or is it that the administrators
all want to pretend they're Chad Everett? Elmhurst General has
the reputation of sending unfortunate visitors away filled with
germs. One gets the feeling, after visiting there, that one may
end up having to return there soon after, not as a visitor. Perhaps
the rap is undeserved, but nobody I know who's ever had to spend
time there, patient or visitor, has a good word to say about
the place.
Shot in the spring 1998. |
