Treating human beings like pieces of hardware

It is disheartening to see how in certain hospital environments patients are treated like hardware: input-repair-output; next item.. Nowadays with the actual remuneration scheme it is paramount to enable a high flow of patients to optimize the income; on the other hand budgets are cut, material becomes single use only because sterilization is expensive, personnel of lesser qualification are hired with lower salaries. Where stays the quality of care? Can it really be that reducing the personnel on the wards is the answer to economization of costs? Competition can be a chance when there is a will to look at the problems and a will to listen to complaints and to take them seriously. There is no need to put the quality of care in danger.