[scarecrow1]

I had the misfortune of having to go to the villages hospital twice in the past week. The first time by ambulance the second time as a walk in both with sever abdomen pain that turned out to be kidney stones. The first stay was for 12 hours of which 4 hours to read a CT scan. The second one was for four hours sitting in the waiting room. There were people waiting 8 hours for a shot for a migraine headache and another waiting is hours to have blood drawn.
I called Leesburg and they said there was an eight hour wait to see a doctor. I had medicine at home so we left figured I would double up on the pain meds. As we left I threw up in a waste basket. When I got home I took the mess and went to sleep.
I think it's time to be building more hospitals instead of golf courses to handle the overflow of sick people or at least double up on the help in the emergency room. My suggestion is not to go to the emergency room after the urgent care centers are closed. They could at least have a couple of nurse practitioners handy to handle the non emergencies so people with emergencies can and should receive the prompt and proper care after hours. I was in the emergency business for 8 years back in the eighties and it reminded me of that era of practice. They really need to update their triage and way of organization of their emergency treatments.