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Originally Posted by chuck90199
In my case last year, my doctor said I could go home at 10AM. But the Villages Regional Hospital doctor (The Hospitalist) was down at Leesburg discharging patients. He is the hospitalist for both hospitals. He didn't get up to the Villages to sign the discharge orders until the afternoon, therefore I ended up having to wait until 5:30 PM to go home.
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This becomes very stressful for the patient and certainly doesn't help with his recovery. In my original post I spoke of my friend having to wait for a doctor that he has never received care from to sign the release papers. I just received a call from him, he is STILL waiting for the Hospital doctor to do his 30 second signing of the papers. Perhaps, I will never understand why this outrageous procedure is followed at our local hospitals.
