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Jasmine Medina
Mrs. Lane
English III
1 September 2014
Waiting
Whether its a routine doctors appointment or and emergency room visit, the waiting time
still seems like an eternity. From 1999 to 2009, the number of visits to the emergency room
increased 32%, from 102.8 million visits in 1999 to 136.1 million visits in 2009 (1,2). In some
hospitals, increased ED visit volume has resulted in ED crowding and increased wait times for
minor and sometimes serious problems.
Waiting puts greater risks when patients are sick or injured, the longer that they have to
wait to get into the system, the greater the chance their sickness will worsen, too .All three
medical institutions, members of the public voiced concerns that death would probably knock at
their doors before they were seen by the doctors.Waiting can actually cost the hospital more
resources and it puts patients health at risk and costs hospitals more in resources and dollars
In addition, emergency cases first Emergencies at public health institutions in this
country are generally prioritised by gunshot wounds, stab wounds or arriving in an unconscious
state. I think all injuries should be taken seriously and hospitals should get more doctors to help
people sooner. Its not fair that some people have to wait for hours when they pay so much for
their visit. How could doctors be so heartless and take their sweet time? It shouldnt take them
that long to see one person for a cold or a physical. Doctors are lazy they have nurses do most of
their work and they still manage to take forever to see people.
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In the event of Malyia Jeffer developig a fever one Sunday afternoon in November, her
parents gave her a children's Motrin and kept a cautious eye on her throughout the night, They
took her to the hospital and waited for two hours while she grew weaker and could no longer
hold herself up. Her father could no longer wait so he complained to staff until they put him in a
room. She was finally seen and diagnosed with a flesh eating disease, Malyia could have died
while waiting. Her case is a good example of waiting too long in hospital waiting rooms.
Research from Press Ganey Associates, a group that works with health care organizations to
improve clinical outcomes, finds that in 2009, patients admitted to hospitals waited on average
six hours in emergency rooms. Nearly 400,000 patients waited 24 hours or more. Even before an
emergency happens, it's a good idea to figure out which nearby hospitals post their emergency
room wait times on the internet.
In brief doctors still shouldnt take that long everyone might as well go to school to be a
doctor, I bet even by then theyd still be waiting around in the waiting rooms once they were
done.
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Works Cited:
http://www.wrha.mb.ca/wait-times/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/13/emergency.room.ep/