[mommieswamie]

About my experience. I am only relating what happened to me. I begged my doctor to be allowed to stay home until there was a bed available so as to be admitted as a direct admit. I was told the only way to be admitted to the hospital was through the emergency room, even thought I pointed out that it was not an emergency. I was informed that there were no beds available and the hospital was not taking orders over the phone from doctors. In desperation I went online and checked local hospitals to see which ones had ER wait times listed. I choose a very reputable hospital that was close by that did have the ER wait times listed. When I arrived the online wait times were pretty accurate. The specialist that was called in from The Villages area confirmed that there has not been a direct admit to The Villages hospital in a while.

Every doctor and nurse that I have ever seen associated with TV hospital ER works as hard as they can. I asked a nurse the last time I was there what the problem was. She said there simply were not enough beds for the ever increasing number of people that needed services of the hospital.

I don't think I will say anything more about this.