Emergency room wait times putting patients at risk, according to study

Emergency room wait times putting patients at risk, according to study

[VincentValentine]

I went to the ER in Grand Forks, ND Friday with extreme abdominal pains, unable to urinate, fever. I thought it was a Kidney Stone because I had one before. I had to wait in agonizing pain for 3 hours before I finally demanded to be taken back. They finally did and when I was finally seen, I was diagnosed with Kidney Infection. I'm beyond angry and plan on complaining. What if it was my Appendix?

[aolinger]

Wrong... It's not the long wait. Its the lack of primary care doctors

[SuperMichelleDJ]

It's not the wait times at the emergency room. It's the attention seekers putting lives at risk. People who don't actually need to be in the ER in the first place.