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Jilly_in_VA

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2. Happens here too

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 07:50 AM

Oct 2022

Sometimes they get triaged and then don't get seen, or they sit in the hallway because there's no bed. Did you see the article I posted the other day about the kid who was in the ED for 76 hours waiting for a psych bed?

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'You can't wait 16 hours': Quebec doctor says patient died after lengthy ER wait [View all] sl8 Oct 2022 OP

Really, 16 hours at the ER without at least being triaged? SlimJimmy Oct 2022 #1

Happens here too Jilly_in_VA Oct 2022 #2

I did see your earlier post, thanks. nt sl8 Oct 2022 #4

That never happens in the USA Marcus IM Oct 2022 #3