Lately, I’ve been getting numerous calls about a local ER–usually with them mis-diagnosing a life-threatening condition and sending the patient home.
If you feel like it’s an emergency situation, ask to see another doctor or another nurse in the ER. MAKE them listen to you.
Here’s a sobering article about this situation:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/13/emergency.room.ep/index.html?hpt=C2
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5 Things Hospitals Don’t Want You to Know
Many times, the doctors who staff the emergency rooms do not work for the hospital. Hospitals often hire outside companies to provide