these comments regarding the local ER do not instill me with confidence! I am a retired R.N. with many years worked in various Emergency Departments so I understand that non-urgent things have to wait for the more critical patients but when my son and his wife were visiting they ended up in the ER at T.V. one night for a non-emergent but extremely painful ear infection...arrived at 2 a.m. and were told "it will be a while" and eventually did get seen but not until well after 8 a.m. They were as patient as can be expected but very frustrated when they later learned that there was a physician on board but they didn't wake him up unless it was a bonafide emergency and nobody was seen until 8 a.m. when the morning staff arrived. Again, not being seen immediately for ear pain (which was eventually diagnosed as a rip roaring infection) is understandable as it really wasn't emergent but when they initially arrived they should have been told what to expect (e.g. wait for the day crew to begin in 5 or 6 hours)
After hearing other unsettling stories from neighbors who experienced the ER care first hand, I have decided that we will be going to Leesburg for any emergency problems. When my neighbor was experiencing chest pain, the paramedics told them that it would take the same amount of time to get from our neighborhood to Leesburg as it would to TV so if the distance/travel time is the same and the quality of care at Leesburg is that much better that makes Leesburg a "no brainer" decision for our family.
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