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Old 05-08-2013, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by zonerboy View Post
In addition to doubling the number of ER rooms they better double the number of ER docs, or else patients will still face 8 hour waits before being seen.
I spent over 8 hours in the waiting room in severe pain from a kidney stone before being evaluated and medicated. This was 9 months ago.
Yes, as I mentioned staffing will be the real issue going forward, not available space.