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Originally Posted by Hancle704

Problem still occurring at TVRH. Today, my neighbor went to ER with Chest pains. No beds in ER so he was seen seen, sent for testing, IV started and then returned to waiting room. The bottleneck IMO, is open beds "upstairs" in hospital, but no nurses . So folks remain in a bed or gurney in ER or out in waiting room until more nursing staff is brought in. This situation occurs now, unlike peak season when there are nurses but no rooms. Meanwhile TV continues to grow, but there does not appear to be a plan in place to manage this problem at TVRH. My wife just spent and extra weekend in hospital occupying a bed because they had no Physical Therapist available to do an assessment of her post hospital needs.

Hancle.... I can validate your story. Spent more than Six hours at ER today accompanying someone else. He gave up and went home when they said it might be two hours more. If they had communicated better we could have made other, better choices...like Leesburg ER or new ER up on 441. Very poorly run. I am proud of many things about The Villages and the ancillary businesses, but, I am ashamed at how the ER is run. He got the same story about beds upstairs being full.

By the way, I checked TVRH website at the midpoint and it said wait time was 0 minutes. What a farce. Yes, they are quick at checkin and triage but a long, long wait to see a doc.

This is on a Wednesday morning in late May. I can only imagine what it's like on a Saturday night in March!


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