Recently, a friend was experiencing heart issues and called EMS. They wanted to take her to Leesburg since they were diverting from The Villages but she insisted on TVH. Bad decision! It took four hours to get her into a cubicle and on a heart monitor. There were 63 patients waiting in the hallway and they actually have nurses whose permanent assignments are those beds. They finally admitted her and wanted to do a procedure but sent her home the next day because they needed her bed. Said doctor couldn't get and OR so no point in keeping her. She is a former ER nurse and was appalled by the way things are done here. She observed that in her former life, ERs treated ear infections, broken bones and accidents. In The Villages, the ER sees people who are seriously ill and need to be admitted. We don't have adequate facilities for our population.
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