Wait 13 Hours to See a Doc

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Is that article telling the truth about the long wait for medical attention?
My husband said that in New York and other Larger cities here you have a lengthy wait also, but not 8 to 13 hours.

When I bring my patients into the ER for emergency treatment or medication, because my patients are trauma patients, and most often the police are involved, my patients are seen as a priority. Even as a priority I have had times that I have had to wait six to eight hours, before my patients were allotted a bed, and even longer before they were seen, this was long before COVID ever was known to exist.

There are a ton of reasons for why an ER can become overwhelmed, overloaded, or understaffed.

WoW!
No Trauma Patient should have to wait that long.

My patients are victims of intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and rape. It is not often that that have injuries severe enough to require emergency treatment. Most of my patients are seen in the ER to receive medications or prescriptions.

Due to the mental and psychological trauma that my patients have experienced, we try to expedite the ER experience.