as a healthcare professional -- I will say to avoid the villages hospital at all costs -- they are completely overwhelmed and this is to the shame of the developer -- the hospital has clientele which are older and in need of this type of care and I believe that there are very few "charity" cases which take up space in the ER here -- thus there is not an unusual drain on resources and reimbursement to the hospital is much better than other parts of the country -- it is really simple -- the developer did not anticipate the need adequately -- go the the urgent care centers unless you are taken in by ambulance -- in that case -- ask to be taken to Leesburg Regional -- The villages hospital is understaffed and undersized -- and they failed to diagnose properly what was happening to my cousin when he went there -- he waited 7 hours, was sent home with pain medication, only to return 5 hours later in acute renal failure (which they completely missed -- despite the history of renal insufficiency) and died 2 hours after re-admission -- needless to say a lawsuit will be filed --- really to show that they cannot continue to operate in this manner.
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