i thought that sometimes hospitals need to keep a certain amount of beds available for certain situations that may come up so that it may look like they have empty beds but infact that may not be the case and staff on the floor may not have that information.i would find it strange that a staff is giving out this information to a potential patient also.i wouldnt think it was there place.it doesnt sound right .sorry if i have no idea what i am talking about and that you are having such a hard time right now.i just thought i might offer another way of looking at it