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Originally Posted by perrjojo
So true. I came into the hospital through the ER and waited 7 hours In the waiting room and then anotherb12 hours before getting a room. 5 Days latter my Gastrointestinal came by a 7:00 AM and said I was good to go but I had to wait until 7 PM for the ER doctor(who admitted me) to come by and say I could leave. All I could think about was all of those people waiting unnecessarily in the ER.
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Thank you for thinking of those other people waiting for rooms.
Unfortunately, the hospital cannot chance pulling the ER doctor away from there long enough to dismiss patients. My guess is, and it is only a guess, that the ER doc comes by at the end of his/her shift and does dismissals. Just because their shift has ended, does not mean that they can hang it up and go home. The same holds true for everyone there. They are simply lucky when they can. Many of the nurses are there after their shifts to finish up the paperwork required at dismissal for their patients. By then, the next shift is seeing to the ones not getting to go home. Too many of us are from occupations that when the clock says it is quitting time, we quit. That never has been, nor will it ever be, in the medical profession.
With the current shortage of doctors and nurses, it may be a while before there is much relief nationwide. Only the truly dedicated are even entering the field, when there are less demanding and lucrative jobs to be had.