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by
Todd Brown
August 2, 2008
It was obvious Sabrina was doomed once they wheeled
her into Genoa City Memorial Hospital. Few patients
live to tell the tale. And despite Victor's claim
that without his generous donations they'd still be
a "backwater clinic," as he put it, it looks like
they still fall short of being even competent. On
some level even he must realize it, since whenever
one of his family members is admitted (which happens
quite a lot) he's immediately demanding specialists
be flown in from around the world.
Imagine the surprises awaiting those specialists
when they get an eyeful of what goes on there. Can
you just picture it? "Take me to the ICU!" they must
bellow upon arrival. And then they are led to . . .
one room. One tiny, tiny room with less medical
equipment than can be found in my garage. Seriously,
I'm surprised there's not a lawn mower and a weed
wacker in there. This is an ICU? Where are the
doctors, nurses, and other patients? Where is the
machine that goes "ping?"
"Show me the patient!" the specialists must
assuredly next demand. Is this she? She of the fatal
car accident and the lacerated liver? But, her
makeup is flawless! Shiny, glossy lips; generously
applied mascara and eye liner, blush, base and
concealer. Practically glowing on death's door -
does she use Jabot products? What a great
advertisement she would make. Expecting to be in a
life endangering car accident? Be sure to use Jabot
for that "just left the gala" look in the ER.
But alas, by day 2, Sabrina's makeup had been wiped
away. And just when she needed it the most. Good God
I hope this was the first time Victor ever saw her
without it otherwise she'd never have been his bride
to begin with. Not that the marriage turned out to
be exactly a boon for her as it turns out. Heck, she
was better off with that phony French guy and his
scarf. Getting involved with the Newmans is never a
good idea.
I sure hope when I die there aren't dozens of
strangers standing around watching me. If Sabrina
hadn't died I hope she would have sued. That
so-called ICU didn't even have a crash cart on hand
when she went into cardiac arrest - the doctor had
to tell the nurse to go get it. Where do they keep
it, in the broom closet?
Hospitals aren't the only institution lacking
professionalism in Genoa City. The cops are not to
be relied upon either. Even though Nikki was wheeled
in for an overdose of an un-prescribed and illegal
drug she was able to walk out of there without ever
being questioned by the police where she got it. She
could have been snorting cocaine and shooting up
heroin and they would have just flushed her out with
fluids and sent her on her way, no questions asked.
And even though the police cordoned off the crash
site, civilians like Paul and Heather were free to
come and go, examine evidence, look at morgue photos
and hypothesize upon the circumstances. All with the
willing help of the cops. I guess even they seem to
realize that without the help of strangers and
passers-by, they'd never solve a case.
Then the DA's office decided to re-hire Heather.
Just because her father did all the leg work and
finally figured out who killed Ji Min Kim and let
her take the credit for it. It shouldn't have been
too hard for anybody to figure out Heather really
didn't do anything. Hell, Paul told Nikki, Victoria
and Katherine he discovered that David was the
murderer before he decided to let Heather make an
ass out of herself by waltzing into the Jabot board
room and pretend she was the one to solve the case -
right in front of Katherine who had already been
told the news by Paul. Katherine must have been
wondering where she'd heard that before.
Of course, Jabot will always take the cake when it
comes to incompetence. On the verge of trouble once
more, it was rather laughable of Jill to try
assuring reporters that the firm would remain
"strong and healthy" despite the latest in a long
string of setbacks dating back as far as I can
remember. In fact I don't ever even recall a time
when Jabot was successful in all the years I've been
watching this show. It's always one scandal or
mismanagement after another. After numerous hostile
takeovers, failed products and a poisoned cream
scare that possibly killed a woman, news that a CEO
was a gambler is kind of a shoulder shrugger.
And where the hell did this gaggle of reporters come
from anyway? There's got to be like one newspaper in
this one horse town yet you'd think Paris Hilton was
going to jail again the way a swarm of them showed
up out of the blue for this dumb press conference.
Why weren't they covering the Sabrina deathwatch at
the hospital? Isn't Jabot going under old news? Then
again so is a dying Newman. They must have to flip a
coin every time either one of those situations comes
up.
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