another amazing thing was the ER did not go on divert despite having more acute cases than they were able to handle. my neighbors described a waiting room from a war zone with severely sick patients being wheeled in and reclined and left for hours. they were sure there were going to be deaths last night. my neighbor was finally told after being there 8 hours that it would be at least 9 more hours and they "might" have a bed. they would not call her doctor for instructions. she came home because it was more injurious to her health to stay there. she had a bad night and is of course calling her doctor this morning to find a hospital with a bed. yet at the height of all this, their web site said wait time for their ER was 39 minutes. they should have been diverting patients yet they kept accepting them.
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