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Originally Posted by dillywho
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.
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Sounds good in theory, but you cannot just start building hospitals.
ALL new hospitals, all expansion of hospitals, adding rooms, or even changing rooms to private REQUIRES STATE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL. I may think we need more beds, YOU may think we need more beds, THE HOSPITAL may think it needs more beds, but none of that matters, only if THE STATE agrees can it be done. Welcome to the bureaucracy !