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Old 05-25-2013, 11:31 AM
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Default Human Nature and the ER

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Originally Posted by dillywho View Post
I would still like for someone to explain to me why the waiting room in the ER is not packed during holiday times. It was virtually empty over Easter. This I observed first-hand on my way in and out of the hospital when my husband was in ICU. Come Monday morning....different story.
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Having worked for a number of years in ERs at holiday time and been a medical administrator for a time, people are too busy to realize and/or acknowledge that they are ill. Go to almost any hospital ER on Christmas day and you will see lots of empty chairs. Ditto New Years Eve with New Years Day packed with folks who sobered up enough to realize what they did to themselves.