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Originally Posted by Fred R
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?
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I went to the Villages Hospital after experiencing severe discomfort. I intended to go to the Urgent Care facility but it had just closed at 8:00 PM. I went there once before and received prompt and great care. Since it was closed, I went to the ER next door. Big mistake. I was there from about 8:15 PM until almost 10:00 AM the next MORNING. They told me they had a traffic crash and some other cases more serious than mine. Turned out I had nothing more serious than a reaction to the anesthesia from a back operation the previous week. I understand the necessity of more serious cases first, but 14 hours?. Unless I am having an obvious heart attack or something obviously very serious, I will just wait until the Urgent Care facility opens.