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Originally Posted by justjim
Very few have nothing but kudos for their care once admitted to TV Hospital. The problems with the ER are well documented. Six hour (plus) wait for elderly people in a "world of hurt" is just........ Indefensible. I'll be nice. As noted in the Daily Sun article, the coming winter is going to be another "mess" in the ER at the TV hospital. Being able to find out the wait via your smartphone or a simple phone call seems logical----so we can look for an alternative such as Ocala, Leesburg or Eustis.
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And an even more sensible solution when finding out the wait times is to have the TVRH Urgent Care Center
OPEN PAST 8PM.
Good grief. If people go to the ER with a complaint that should be seen at the urgent care center, and they are waiting 8 hours in the ER to be seen.....
there certainly is time to shuttle them over the the urgent care center across the street!!!! But also, it has to be open when doctors' offices are not!
It sounds to me like one of the first things the new TV Health System ought to do is to
contract with the family physicians group in charge of it, to cover more hours at the TVRH Urgent Care until the "medical home" clinics are up and running all around in TV.