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Originally Posted by Jdmiata
Since moving here ten years ago I have been to this emergency room three times ( twice for myself ). My waits were ALL in excess of eight hours. Two of these visits required being admitted to the hospital. Once I was put in what looked like a storage room , awaiting a bed in the hospital. Horrible experiences.
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Hopefully, hospitals will begin constructing new ones and additions to existing ones with all private rooms. Even though that might be more costly in the beginning, it should alleviate some of the problems such as you describe. Unfortunately, I have seen the same thing over and over in other hospitals, so it is just not TVRH or Leesburg. It also occurs in other cities/states.
Sometimes the wait for a room can be lengthy because they cannot and should not be co-ed. I am sure you understand that they cannot send someone home just because there is another patient still in ER waiting to get to a room. Getting patients out of the ER and into a room is beneficial both to the ER staff and other patients needing ER assistance.