Hospital or Heaven?

On pages 94-95 I found how Susanna and the rest of the patients described the hospital as more of a refuge then a mental institution.
Susanna says that it was an escape from the requirements of every day life. Meaning that they did not have to go to work, school, they did not have to pay bills that most adults had to at that age. Their lives and actions were basically handled by the nurses which the patients did not seem to mind that much.
During that time Susanna said that the average rate for a room in a hospital like that was $60 a day for just the room. That money today could be used to buy a nice 3 star hotel room! The parents of these patients have shelled out alot of money in order to pay just in the hopes that their daughters would be taken care of and hopefully cured.

I personally would not have been able to survive in a place like that. I need to be outdoors. I am not one to be locked up in a cage. What caused Susanna to call a place like this great I will never know.
Allison OHagan
Role:Researcher