Death by Emergency Room care or lack there of
More and more stories are coming to light of the deaths of people being brought to emergency rooms where they die. Two of the latest cases have been patients in the ER who were there for long periods of time and nobody went to see about their needs. Both patients were psychiatric patients and both seemed to be dishelved and unkempt, but is this a reason to loose your life?
Emergency rooms are often the only way some patients can be seen by medical staff since more and more doctors are no longer taking Medical or its equalancy The wait is often long but where is the triage? Patients needing swift care should get it regardless of their less than stellar hygiene.
I have made mentioned of our hospitals here in San Diego where the wait can be up to six or more hours. This is inhumane and dangerous.
What can be done about this backlog of patient care and cut down the time spent in ERs? A good start would be for the government to pay doctors a reasonable amount of money so the indigent patient can get good health care.
How can we do this? Well a good start would be to stop spending money on war where there is no return for the money. Two, stop sending money to other countries and use it for Americans on American soil. Care for our poor and sick NOW!