Lynda asks:
"Fine, I say.  Keep the bags, your logo-splattered breastfeeding
book, your
crates of silly rubber foolers, your nasty, cheap baby fluids, and
your
stupid looks.

Now, what was so hard about that?"

What's so hard?  The fact that when the advertising is done for the
company by the hospital, the hospital gets a lot of "freebies" in
return.  10 years ago (who knows how much in today's money)  our
inpatinet OB manager said that the unit saved $18,000 (yes, that's
the right number of zeros) a year in volu-feeds, nipples, pacifiers
etc. that the companies give for "free" and would not do so if the
hospital did not distribute the packs.  And yet, it is impossible
for them to see this as a "kickback", "bribery", "collusion" or any
of the other appropriate, but nasty sounding, truthful labels.

Winnie

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