We literally just returned from the ED about an hour ago. My husband was treated with great care and concern. I did notice patients in the hallway, waiting for a room to open up in the ED. But every patient in this position was still accompanied by the EMTs who brought them in. They did not leave until the patient got a bed.
I,too, am sorry about your experience, but I feel the fact that you were asked to wait indicated that they had triaged others who were in worse shape than you were at the time. I truly think the ED staff do the best they can for their patients. I KNOW nobody in ED wakes in the morning thinking, "I'm going to treat patients badly today just for the heck of it."
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