BOSTON—Billing the evening as a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with occupants of the thousand-bed facility, Boston General Hospital held its first-ever Night Among the Patients Saturday, a gathering that reportedly featured cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and live music.
According to organizers, the 21-and-over, after-visiting-hours event allowed those in attendance to tour the hospital with drink in hand, clinking glasses with friends and looking on as critically injured arrivals were stabilized or patients with acute renal failure underwent dialysis.
Officials said that between 8 p.m. and midnight, ticket holders were allowed to wander in and out of patients’ rooms and purchase alcohol from cash bars set up in the palliative care center and a rehabilitation clinic where stroke victims were learning to walk again. Cocktails were served in vials and test tubes and, according to the drink menu, included several custom creations such as “200 CCs of Tequila,” “The Flatliner,” and “Dr. Gerald Stickney’s World-Famous Gin Rickey.
But others said they preferred the “leukemia meet and greet,” which, for an extra $45, allowed them to take a photo with a patient undergoing chemotherapy and hand them a paper cup filled with oral meds.“Honestly, it cost a little more, but I spent 20 minutes in front of one patient just staring at him, and I felt a real connection,” Somerville, MA brand consultant Anthony Christiano said of his meet-and-greet experience.
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