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To: ReagansShinyHair
I had appendicitis and I was sent home three times, after being sent there by my doctor.

If you went the ER and were sent home four times you got seen four times. You may have had incompetent doctors but you did get seen which is the opposite of what the complaint was. How about you have your personal doctor get you admitted to the hospital. BTW, where I live the doctors call ahead and have a bed set aside for you. It pays to have a doctor actually affilated with the hospital.

361 posted on 12/29/2003 11:24:38 AM PST by Dave S
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To: Dave S
If you went the ER and were sent home four times you got seen four times. You may have had incompetent doctors but you did get seen which is the opposite of what the complaint was. How about you have your personal doctor get you admitted to the hospital. BTW, where I live the doctors call ahead and have a bed set aside for you. It pays to have a doctor actually affilated with the hospital.

Have you ever been to an ER in Southern California? I doubt it. A cursory glance doesn't count as being "seen". I didn't get more than a cursory glance because they were so busy. I have been to ERs in different areas of the country and it's nothing like SoCal.

You need to read more carefully. My personal doctor SENT me to the ER. Three times. He told me the ER should see me withing 20 minutes of my getting there, and he did "call ahead". The DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN IS THE HOSPITAL, NOT JUST AFFILIATED WITH IT. The regular doctor's office was very frustrated with the crowded ER situation. The surgeon they called in at 3AM to do emergency surgery so I wouldn't die was also frustrated with the situation. I highly suspect that one of the ER doctors was incompetent, but the others were just too busy to look at anyone properly unless blood was actively spewing out of them. Everyone else just gets antibiotics.

Think this is an isolated incident? It's not. There are many others who have the same experience. Did you read the thread last week about CA cutting Healthy Families or whatever the program is called? The illegals threatened to just use the ERs more often. They use it as their primary care. My father almost lost a leg after being sent to the ER by his doctor. He had a blood clot. They waited about 6 hours to see him, even though his doctor called ahead and said the situation was an extreme emergency because every minute counts when your leg is going without blood circulation. His doctor even called several times to yell at them because they hadn't even looked at him yet. His doctor's office is across the street from the hospital. The hospital is also considered by many to be a "good hospital". Neither of us went to public hospitals, where the situation would have been even worse! The ER was crammed with people speaking Spanish again in his case. My mother, who also speaks Spanish, didn't inquire as to legal status. My parents live in an area where small middle-class-style houses cost $600,000+, but the influx of illegals to the area hospitals is still enormous. At least they didn't send my dad home to die like they did with me.

You need more? My cousin is a doctor in the San Fernando Valley. He's quite frustrated with the amount of illegals who come in with the sniffles, preventing him from seeing people with real emergencies. One of my good friends is a new doctor down in San Diego, and she tells the same story. She's also an immigrant, as are many in my family. My mother didn't speak English when she started school. The difference is that we immigrated legally, had no help and expected no help from the government, got educated, followed the rules like good citizens, and in general feel grateful for what the US has provided, rather than greedy over what the US should "give us".

365 posted on 12/29/2003 11:52:59 AM PST by ReagansShinyHair
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To: Dave S
yeah really, what was she thinking? An ER, being able to help an emergency, with someone doubled up on the floor? You're right, she just didn't have the right doctor. (sarcasm)
503 posted on 01/06/2004 9:45:21 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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