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Mormon Red Death · 07-09-2007, 05:07 PM

My daughter cut her ear yesterday that required stitches. so Here is the transpiring events that went through my head

1. Can we wait till tomorrow to see her doctor (it had stopped bleeding)?
2. Can one of the residents in our ward fix her?
3. Pony up the $100 for the er/prompt care visit?

We ended up heading to the ER which only took 45 minutes

because of the moral hazard controls in this country we could decide how we wanted to have her treated

If we were in canada we would have gone straight to the ER and waited 7 hours to be seen...

there is still hope for this system it just needs to be tweaked

MikeWaters · 07-09-2007, 05:09 PM

a kid in my ward was impaled with a stick in his abdomen. It took 45 min to be seen by a doc. Private hospital ER.

Not impressive to the parents. I was there.

Mormon Red Death · 07-09-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

a kid in my ward was impaled with a stick in his abdomen. It took 45 min to be seen by a doc. Private hospital ER.

Not impressive to the parents. I was there.

In canada it would have been half a day....

MikeWaters · 07-09-2007, 05:12 PM

Once at the Houston public county hospital, I saw a guy in the ER. Since I was just a student, I couldn't dispo him. I ended my shift and went home. 12 hours later, returned in the morning, went to the same waiting room, and there he was. Still no one had seen him since I last talked to him.

Once in the psych ER here in dallas, we had a guy come in said he was suicidal. he had come on a bus from some other city, and promptly dialed 911 to get services (i.e. "suicidal").

He complained of abdominal pain, so I checked him out and determined that he needed to be checked out by the med/surg ER. So I transferred him.

24 hours later he was released and cleared from the med/surg ER. He looked like a beat dog. I ran into him, said he wasn't suicidal anymore, just wanted to get the heck out of dodge.

If you're poor, medical care sucks big time.

il Padrino Ute · 07-09-2007, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

My daughter cut her ear yesterday that required stitches. so Here is the transpiring events that went through my head

1. Can we wait till tomorrow to see her doctor (it had stopped bleeding)?
2. Can one of the residents in our ward fix her?
3. Pony up the $100 for the er/prompt care visit?

We ended up heading to the ER which only took 45 minutes

because of the moral hazard controls in this country we could decide how we wanted to have her treated

If we were in canada we would have gone straight to the ER and waited 7 hours to be seen...

there is still hope for this system it just needs to be tweaked

Amen.

When our 8 year old broke his arm two weeks ago, he received immediate care. It did take a total of about 3 1/2 hours from the time he broke his arm until he came home, but that included a trip to the ER at one hospital, the ER doctor contacting a pediatric orthopedic surgeon (who came into the hospital to look at the x-rays) and going to another hospital so the orthopedic surgeon could set his arm.

And as a bonus we didn't have to go to the hospital pharmacy to purchase all the necessary medical supplies to do all of this.

07-09-2007, 05:07 PM	#1
Mormon Red Death Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clinton Township, MI Posts: 3,126	I like the health care system in this country My daughter cut her ear yesterday that required stitches. so Here is the transpiring events that went through my head 1. Can we wait till tomorrow to see her doctor (it had stopped bleeding)? 2. Can one of the residents in our ward fix her? 3. Pony up the $100 for the er/prompt care visit? We ended up heading to the ER which only took 45 minutes because of the moral hazard controls in this country we could decide how we wanted to have her treated If we were in canada we would have gone straight to the ER and waited 7 hours to be seen... there is still hope for this system it just needs to be tweaked __________________ Its all about the suit

07-09-2007, 05:09 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	a kid in my ward was impaled with a stick in his abdomen. It took 45 min to be seen by a doc. Private hospital ER. Not impressive to the parents. I was there.

07-09-2007, 05:12 PM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Once at the Houston public county hospital, I saw a guy in the ER. Since I was just a student, I couldn't dispo him. I ended my shift and went home. 12 hours later, returned in the morning, went to the same waiting room, and there he was. Still no one had seen him since I last talked to him. Once in the psych ER here in dallas, we had a guy come in said he was suicidal. he had come on a bus from some other city, and promptly dialed 911 to get services (i.e. "suicidal"). He complained of abdominal pain, so I checked him out and determined that he needed to be checked out by the med/surg ER. So I transferred him. 24 hours later he was released and cleared from the med/surg ER. He looked like a beat dog. I ran into him, said he wasn't suicidal anymore, just wanted to get the heck out of dodge. If you're poor, medical care sucks big time.