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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (36)	4/29/2003 11:17:26 AM
From: jackhach	Read Replies (1) of 113

I went to the emergency room yesterday with my wife (all is well), however we checked in at reception at 5:15 PM and we were first seen at 10:45 PM -- and actually did not get discharged till 12:15 AM. I asked the doctor "whatz the story here -- my god"? She tells me that the hospital won't pay the overtime to the nurses/admin staff -- and they are perpetually short-staffed. The hospital will only allow three doctors (except under extreme emergency) in the ER at any one time. She (the doctor) said she had 17 patients in her loop at present. Meaning there were that many patients under her care in an ER setting at one time -- with FIFO. The doctor herself, was pleasant, but very inexperienced and was still in her residency. I had basic question on behalf of my wife -- that she could not answer -- and she admitted she did not know the answer and she would check with another MD in urology -- the question OB/GYN having nothing to do with urology. She returns, after a nurse gave us the answer -- very concise & clearly, and then tells us that urology was closed. She told us that we really had not choice living where we do -- the three major hospitals are ALL owned by the same corporation and the staffing/process is exactly the same at the other ERs in the area. Average wait time is 6.5 hours. There was a ten year old girl with a ruptured spleen that sat in ER for two+ hours. I thought the girl's father was going to start taking hostages. I had to do everything I could to calm him down. This country has gone to shit -- everything is driven by MONEY with our priorities way out of whack. Capitalism without compassion is what Bush should call it. -JH

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