I think that the trouble is this;
The huge surge of population during the months of January, February and March,of many, maybe most who have no doctor here that they consult and who has their records and who seek medical treatment at the hospital rather than see a doctor before it becomes an emergency.
The ever increasing population.
The fact is that triage is in place to take immediate life threatening cases first, such as stroke, heart attack, breathing emergencies, shock, hemorage, etc.
Although many arrive that have terrible pain, and SERIOUS infection, fever, dehydration and other things that are by far not minor, they are not life threatening.
We have gone to an emergency room in Cincinnati with grandson who had an asthma attack and he was immediatly treated. Clumsy me tripped and fell over a curbing thingy and landed like a tree on my noggin and split a kinda big place above my eye and I waited for six hours with the blood dripping down. (I was NOT drinking!) Same large and wonderful hospital in Cincy.
It is far worse here because in this aging population we have MANY serious injuries and auto/cart accidents and strokes and heart attacks, diabetic comas, etc.
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