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rrsafety t1_iwq9hpo wrote

Reply to comment by bschav1 in Saw A Woman Die Waiting To Be Seen At UMASS ER Last Night by incandesantlite

But if they transfer you from Clinton ER in an ambulance to UMass, you don't wait, you get seen immediately.

I had a gallbladder attack about ten years ago. Walked right in, they drugged me up and my surgery was the next morning. The nurses there were the best I ever had. The place was kind and quiet.

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foxcmomma t1_iwsbpuz wrote

That’s not really true though. Umass has to have an accepting doc who has somewhere Tom put you. It looks like the sending facility is just dragging their feet, but it can take hours to get a spot to send you. I am an ER nurse and it regularly takes me 8-12 hours for a transfer spot to open up. They can’t accept transfers over people already waiting there, either.

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