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In reply to the discussion: I took a friend to the emergency room at 3am Saturday morning. [View all]blueamy66
(6,795 posts)49. The triage nurse wouldn't let me back with my fiancé....
She was just going to draw blood then he'd be right out to the waiting room....yeah sure....I waited by the door until I knew that he had vomited blood....then she opened the door and let me go back with him to a bed. She was cold and I got her name. I'm sick of ER workers that have lost their compassion and empathy.
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I took a friend to the emergency room at 3am Saturday morning. [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Feb 2013
OP
Give yourself a couple of pats on the shoulder, and I'm wishing some luck over to your friend..(NT)
FleetwoodMac
Feb 2013
#3
Absolutely. In case of any further emergencies, it might be worth traveling further to another
Squinch
Feb 2013
#31
They got some of that from Freud. Any pain a woman has is Hysteria. Women are just nuts, see?
freshwest
Feb 2013
#80
Sad that we're the richest nation in the world with medical infrastructure this badly run. nt
Selatius
Feb 2013
#6
Personally, I think the ACA merely forestalled the collapse of the health care system.
Selatius
Feb 2013
#10
Sounds like Jameson hospital in New Castle. I'll keep your friend in my thoughts.
diabeticman
Feb 2013
#22
Wishingthe best. Lucky there was an emergency room there at all, too bad for
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#25
Usually bodily emissions gets them to take someone out of the waiting area pretty quickly
undeterred
Feb 2013
#35
You should not have to put up with that kind of treatment. You can call the
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#59