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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
I don't wish to appear rude, but I'm going to assume you did not just arrive, buy a house and move in. Did you visit to see what TV was like before deciding to live here, if so when your decision was made to move a 90 year old lady I think you should have set her up with a doctor along with all of her medical records just in case you had a problem. To just haul her off to a hospital and have her sit for hours was definitely too much for her.
You will read horror stories here on this site about our medical care and our hospitals, but we have NEVER had a problem with either a doctor or the local hospital. If this hospital cannot help you they will have you sent to the best major hospital in the area.
For future needs, keep in mind that we have four or five excellent critical care clinics within the immediate area. She would not have to wait 7 hrs at a clinic, and if she needed immediate hospital attention they would call an ambulance and have her admitted to one of the local hospitals.
I don't think you have made a mistake in moving here, it is an incredible place to live.
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I totally agree.
Having worked for years at a large hospital up north, I can assure you that situations like that happen everywhere. Part of the problem is that we are in the midst of a pretty bad flu epidemic at the heart of the winter season. Medical facilities are stretched to their limits, staff are exhausted, overloaded and possibly ill themselves.
Having said that, it is unfortunate that that the poor lady had to suffer. I hope she is currently doing well. If that circumstance happened to me, I would have spoken,very politely and often, to the staff advising them of her status.
I have found several doctors here that I like even better than the ones at "home." Keep looking, they are out there.