Sorry to hear that. It seems that be the type of people that get hired. On another note a Wilmington NC woman recently died in the e.r. while waiting almost 5 HOURS. look it up https://www-wect-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.wect.com/2022/08/23/medicare-regulators-confirm-woman-coded-er-waiting-room-after-waiting-5-hours-care/?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16613286820461&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wect.com%2F2022%2F08%2F23%2Fmedicare-regulators-confirm-woman-coded-er-waiting-room-after-waiting-5-hours-care%2F
What a sad story. There have been numerous such stories in the British press, and here we have one right here in the US.
ERs are notorious for long waits, of course, crowded as they are with Medicaid patients using them in place of GP’s or pediatrician’s offices or walk-in clinic.* Sounds like the triage team really fell down on the job, there.
*I’ve sometimes thought Medicare ought to require at least *some* small payment from a patient who goes to the ER for a mild bladder infection or sore throat or because their child has a common cold to discourage this. On the other hand, that might prevent not-so-bright mothers from taking their children to the ER when it really is warranted. Hmm.
BTW, you can delete everything at the tail end of a long url like that one, beginning with the question mark, and it will still work fine and won’t be so long as to shrink the font on the FR page.