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An ER is just that,An Emergency Room. Needing test done is NOT an Emergency. If the ER has 20 beds and they're all full of Non Emergency patients then where does the real Emergency patient go. If you don't have a primary Dr then please get one. After riding an Ambulance on LI for many years I can tell you the ER is NOT a walk in clinic. Any Dr that sends people to an ER for test should loose his liscense. An ER is staffed with 1 or 2 Dr's per shift.The triage nurse asseses you and decides the urgency of your need. If the ER Dr sees you he'll suggest a treatment as to your condition. If it's heart and you don't have a Cardio Dr. they have to call one down if there is one in the Hospital. It's not the ER Drs fault he did his job. Every person living here should have their own Drs. who can be called in an Emergency and they should be able to practice in this Hospital if not please get them. An ER works both ways. Go there sometime and see how many people when they go there are really NOT an emergency and are there because they don't have or couldn't get a Dr appointment. It's not a clinic it's an ER.