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Originally Posted by Mack184
TVRH has very little uncompensated care compared to the vast majority of US hospitals. They are not suffering from a "deluge of the uninsured".
One thing that gets almost no notice here on TOTV or within TV itself is the excellent Urgent Care facility on the East Campus. Compared to the TVRH-ER the Urgent Care handles very few patients often with staff waiting around with no one to help.
Far too many people call the Big Red Bus and that bus only stops at one location...TVRH-ER. Many, many of the people who find themselves waiting at TVRH could be easily handled at the Urgent Care but they choose not to. Then the gripe & carp about the terrible service and waiting time. Most of the people who wind up waiting & waiting & wating at the ER are triaged between a 3-5 which means they are non-critical (no matter what the patient thinks they are) and could be easily treated MUCH more quickly at the TVRH-Urgent Care on the East Campus. Give it a try.
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I have used the Urgent care at LSL and have been very pleased but they close at 7:00. Is there any other urgent care that stays open 24/7?