There are consequences to what's been happening to health care in this country, and these horror stories are some of the results. Hospitals can't afford to hire more staff, doctors leaving the profession, lawsuits proliferating, and many not-so-really-sick people using the ER's as a free clinic.
I can only imagine that the ER staff are equally frustrated and stressed. Imagine having to work there, wanting to do a great job and help people, but constrained by the same circumstances the patients see. Meanwhile, the administrators are at home sleeping comfortably in their own beds. Well, that's not really fair either, as they too answer to the budget gods.
And the answer is? Somebody smart post here please...
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