Hospitals And ICU Waiting Rooms...

I have spent a good amount of the last 3 days, (2 of them being holidays) in the waiting room of the ICU at a local hospital, where my Grand-father was admitted for a duodenal ulcer. He is quite stable now and due to be moved to a private room tomorrow morning, however, I thought I should pen my experience and my feelings about hospitals and ICU waiting rooms.
Waiting in such waiting rooms is among the worst experiences that one can have in a hospital. The problem being that since your patient is in the ICU, he is in a serious condition, and you are not allowed to go into the ICU to find out how he is. They only call you in if there is an emergency decision to be made or bills are to be paid or medical supplies procured. You are allowed to meet the patient between a few hours allocated for visitors but that is it. You are expected to sit in the waiting room, anxious about how your patient is doing, beside a room full of people sharing the same anxiety as you. Also on your way about the hospital you see injured bodies and wailing relatives. Overall, it makes for a n experience which shows you the darker side of life, the one containing pain, misery and suffering, yet it teaches you to endure such testing times and come out a stronger person, better equipped to handle such inevitable challenges in the future.