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Originally Posted by blyarbrough
FYI, the villages is right in the middle of a rapidly growing area and will soon have a population that is way bigger than health care places such as the urgent care and/or the ER. It has been said many times before the Villages will very soon over build the complete infrastructure. This seems to always happen to fast growing areas; the planners never plan for super necessary things....they plan for nicessities like golf courses and swimming pools, etc.....you folks that say there is room for all in the Villages will one day regret saying that when we merge with Orlando and Jacksonville. What we need is an elected planning and zoning committee like all larger cities....NOT the Morse family......who are the 15th riches people in the USA. Your right that all things that cost money and has to have a good medical facility for a community of 55 Year old plus folks is a necessity for all. Sorry for the misspelling…..
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"What we need is an elected planning and zoning committee like all larger cities"
Which city's "elected planning board" would you like TV to emulate----Detroit or Baltimore??? Yeah, right, lets elect a bunch of amateurs, wannabees and busybodies rather than a family with 40 years experience of financial and developmental success to plan our future. I don't want people who have not been successful in life to run things----there is a reason that they lacked success in the first place
As far as TVRH goes, people seen to think this is the only place in the country with healthcare problems. I have found it is the norm, rather than the exception. If you look at the waiting times as well as the scores for CHF, MI and pneumonitis, TVRH is right about the national average. What you find on TOTV is a bunch of anecdotes where posters want to tell their individual "horror story",
as they remember it. I wish they would take 5 of these and do a root cause analysis to find the real story. I would especially like to do one on the story of the 90 year old woman with a hip fracture who supposedly laid on a stretcher without being seen and without pain meds for 22 hours. I want to see the time she arrived, was triaged, was seen by nurse, doctor, had pain medication, had lab and xray ordered, when the results were received, when orthopedics saw her and when she went to the OR, all with documented times. I'm pretty well convinced that the truth would be quite different. And
IF, and it's a huge if, probably an insurmountable one, the story was the same as related on TOTV, then I don't think it would have been posted here. That individual would be camped out in their lawyer's office, because it would be an open and shut case of malpractice, with a substantial pain and suffering award despite the patient's age. In addition, that treatment would be so far below the standard of care that it is likely millions of dollars in punitive damages would be awarded as well.
I can't tell you how many times a family member would come to the ER desk and ask what is happening with their relative----"I've been waiting 4 hours and haven't heard anything". I'd pick up the chart and inform them that they arrived in the ER 47 minutes ago, and already had an IV, lab drawn, x rays performed and their doctor informed they were here. I would then be called a liar---"I know we've been here 4 hours". My only response was "Use a clock much????"