Wife was recently brought to TVRH by ambulance. Waiting room was not too crowded. Brought to room in new part of Emergency Dept Had a great nurse for initial shift. Then she spent over 24 hours in bed in ED before bed became available in Cardiac Section of 4th floor. Meanwhile the crowds built up in ED waiting area to be seen and brought in for tests and treatment. Some are parked on gurneys in hallways as there are no ER beds/Rooms available
So it starts with bottleneck in ED and that spreads. Because there is no staff till next shift or later for rooms.. One thing seems certain, it's bad now and it will be worse in the following years as population increases. Recent additions to hospital have not fixed the problem of inadequate staffing, long waits in waiting room and longer waits to be admitted and brought to room.
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