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Old 03-25-2017, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Fred R View Post
Since Feb 9, I have had three of four folks tell me about visits to the Villages Emergency Room for treatment. Two of them related a waiting time of 12 hours to be seen and treated! The others spoke of 8 hrs. I haven't had the need to use them, but I thought TV had great medical facilities and great medical plans.

These seem like extremely long wait times. Anyone had the need to use the emergency room that could comment?
It depends on how the emergency room was being used. If it was a true emergency no one would be waiting 8 to 12 hours. If it was something that could've been handled at a urgent care you are going to be farther down the list then the true emergency.