Concerned about full meeting rooms? Hopefully you won't have to go to Villages Hospital during peak season. Online they say 28 minute wait to see a medical professional. That would be the nurse at the desk when you arrive who will hand you a form and ask about your emergency. Then the real wait begins 5-12 hours before you actually get into the emergency department. After many more hours in there during which time you will see nurse and doctor, have some tests, maybe a glass of water only if doc says ok. Then you will wait for another 8-12 hours to get moved to a room. How do I know, this was my wife's experience this past Saturday evening after being brought to TVRH by ambulance then left in wheelchair in waiting room along with many other who attested to the 9-12 hours wait. Been back every day to visit and each time the ED waiting room has always been full. Yes, they made the hospital bigger, added to the emergency department, added new rooms that are empty but they seem to be woefully short staffed and unable to cope with the demand.
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