In an article that verges on alarmist, the AP discovers that patients are being left in hallways after ER visits. [My first read of that article was a little off, so I've revised the rest of the post accordingly.] The problem is that patients are filling up ERs and not being admitted to the hospital [...]
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Kevin, MD thinks it’s just awful that a man died in a Canadian emergency room. Of the patient in question: “If you approached him he would certainly talk to you, but rarely initiated, would not ask for anything. He was not a demanding person at all,” said Garth Reesor, the mission’s chief operating officer. The [...]
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