Saved my daughters life when she was a baby

[ridgerunner0]

@stignatius From wiki in the context of Swedish king Charles XII in exile needing a representative:

"The (Swedish) Parliamentary Ombudsman is the institution that the Scandinavian countries subsequently developed into its contemporary form, and which subsequently has been adopted in many other parts of the world."

However this may be a great question for the folks over at r/askhistorians

 

[bwattz]

@ridgerunner0 We use it, sparingly, in the U.S., yep! I call myself the unofficial editorial ombudsman at my company.

 

[kickthichphattiren689]

@stignatius Smorgasbord is another recent Swedish loanword into English. And gravlax.

Then there's a whole slew of older loanwords, of course, a natural consequence of living on a set of isles right outside Viking country.

 

[stignatius]

@kickthichphattiren689 Smörgåsbord is a good word hehe

 

[melmoth]

@stignatius Yep! Also prevalent in all American universities

 

[melmoth]

@stignatius Never knew it was a Swedish word!

 

[sisij]

@stignatius I work in a hospital. The one I am at calls it patient advocate or patient relations.

 

[ansaylor]

@ekumaike In the US it's also sometimes called a "patient advocate".

 

[becoming1]

@moialiceme You need to talk with hospital admins. Don’t go through a nurse or to the ER for the complaint.

 

[oscuro]

@becoming1 It’s a bit late now. The daughter was 18 months, but is a teenager now.

But good advice for others who may need it

 

[bwattz]

@oscuro Yeah; I've learned, when dealing with large (or moderately large) companies, Google the higher-ups.

You can find an email of someone up just high enough.

You'd be amazed at how many CEOs (for mid-sized companies) and regional / area overseers read their emails. And if you make it nice but stern, they listen.