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Dignity being restored to hospital stays??

by Steven Haninger Mar 24, 2010 12:29AM PDT

Thanks to those across the pond, we may be seeing

designer hospital gowns

"Designers were given 25,000 pounds ($37,500) each to develop prototypes for products that would increase patient dignity."

"Health Minister Ann Keen, a former nurse, said the new gowns would improve the hospital experience for everyone and
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could even help President Barack Obama in his efforts to overhaul U.S. health care practices.

"We can export our ideas to President Obama, who has been very successful but needs that extra bit of support," she said."

$37 grand to design a hospital gown that doesn't moon the nursing staff? Not a bad payday.