Gamby, you leave alot of questions to your post. Did you PCP order a chest xray and antibiotics? Did you call during regular business hours and get a recording and, if so, did you call back? I know of no MD in the area that does not have an after hours answering service and, if yours doesn't, the problem is your choice of MD, not TVRH.
If you were as ill as you state, why didn't you call 911 instead of transporting yourself? You state you left because of the long wait; did you go to another hospital where you received immediate care or did you go home? If you went home, obviously you were not that sick! As an RN-BSN, I am tired of people being so critical of TVRH.
Are you aware of the folks that abuse the EDs at all hospitals nationwide? People with problems that could be addressed at PCP offices, an urgent care center, people without insurance that have nowhere else to go because they are refused care elsewhere...the list goes on. If you feel that TVRH does not meet your needs, then please move...it seems you are abusing the ED like others who shouldn't be there.
I hope this post is not rejected by this site...both sides of the issue needs to be posted.
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