Welcome to socialized medicine except add in there the adults too. Go to the ER and expect to wait, oh, 10 hours. Our doctors and nurses are excellent, I can’t say enough about them. They can only stretch so far. This is what you are looking at.
I found a way to get around this tho. If I have anything really wrong or a family member, I call the ambulance. So, I have to pay $84.00. At least you are whisked right into the emerg. Sometimes you wait in line on stretches but you have by-passed the throngs outside. AND, if there really is something like, heart, kidney, liver, brain, anything really serious, then call the “specialist” on call and you have it made right there. You have to be crafty to get around this. CO
Thanks for the tip.
FYI, an ambulance ride here is more like $1500...