I too "got to" visit the ER in here...twice, a day apart. The 1st was by ambulance due to a drug reaction/scare and the 2nd was as a walkin for extreme pain (why I was taking the drug in the 1st place) that had gotten worse. BOTH times I was received promptly and evaluated. The 2nd time I did spend a length of time on a gurney, but in a room, while they attended others AND kept me under observation. I was ultimately admitted where my care was excellent. I read the negative comments re: our hospital and they're not much different from what we'd hear 'up north'. Even the teaching hospitals up there had issues as does any in this country, I'm sure. I'm thinking that much of what happens is due to perception and busy-ness at the time. Some folks go to the ER (not saying the OP is one of them as kidney stones aren't something to fool with) when in fact they should have gone to Urgent Care.
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