Stephen Young wrote:

It's all part of some manager's master plan to save a couple bucks to
make himself look better to investors. Gotta justify your existence right?

I don't know what hospitals in the USA are like, but most of the ones
I've been inside in the last couple of years look very close to being
dirtier that some factory places I've seen. Lots of small maintenance
jobs are also not being done. No wonder they are admitting that 1 in 10
people leave hospital in a worse situation than when they entered (NSW
Australia)