Quote:
Originally Posted by NYBob
Thanks guys. Yes, I understand that I'll need much more time, however we booked longer stays in areas we had no interest in once we arrived. So we decided to play it safe, book a short stay and from there decide if there will be another. If so, we'll probably rent for an extended period of time. With so much to take in I would think there will probably be a few long stays.
As far as hospitals being 15+ mins away, our concern would be in the case of a critical life threatening situation whereas one would be brought to the closest 911 receiving facility. And hospitals further away would not come into play.
|
The Village hospital uses a chopper to move critical emergencies to Shands (Gainesville), Ocala or Leesburg.
As a cardiac patent, I asked the Cath Lab about critical heart emergency procedures, say cath lab gone bad (I am 2 for 2 on that kind of nightmare, prior to moving to T V) and was told CHOPPER out for surgery like that as they do not perform open heart emergency surgeries at Lady Lake Villages Hospital. Their Cath Lab performs heart procedures at T V Hospital such as ie: putting in stents. I was surprised to hear that but choppers move pretty fast and Ocala is only mins away via chopper.
There are a lot of urgent care facilities in and near T V that move people via ambulance to Ocala as well (my mother was moved to Ocala on a non-life threatening heart issue. Via ambulance driving without lights took 40 min). I believe the 466A Urgent Care also has a chopper but not 100% sure on that.
Three days will not be enough time to do your list. Trolley tours would help cover the town squares and they have a nursing home trolley tour. Riding in your own car lets you see just how big T V is and how many roundabouts there are. You would need to return in the summer to see that the driving gets much better when the snowbirds leave (only some will agree with that statement but it is true).