willzyx01 t1_iu2huoo wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:46 AM

Nobody goes to California for hospitals.

Literally the entire planet comes to Boston for hospitals. Especially speciality care.

Majority of doctors here (PCPs and Specialists) are also instructors and travel around the country a lot (yes, even PCPs).

Boston has a lot of urgent care clinics that are affiliated with local hospitals. Go there instead.

UltimateZo OP t1_iu2nsvm wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:31 AM

Edit: Since the whole shitting on California hospitals post is getting a lot of traction, I’ll leave this link here for educational purposes. Might want to look up facts before saying nonsense.

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/best-hospitals-honor-roll-and-overview

People definitely do go to California for medical, but this post wasn't meant to be a Boston vs CA post. I know people are sensitive about this and it was not my intention at all. This has been MY EXPERIENCE with healthcare, and Boston has not been great to me so far.

I have gone to Mass General Brigham urgent care for flu symptoms and it was fine. , You're telling me they have the capacity to deal with serious neurological issues? X-ray, CT, MRI?

Apprehensive_Text_68 t1_iu5gxtw wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:13 PM

Boston is weird about California… I moved to Boston from the central coast and completely agree with you, I rarely had to wait more than a month even for a specialist but here it’s at least 6 months out.

UltimateZo OP t1_iu5h5bb wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM

Yes clearly a mistake to even bring up CA in the initial post! I agree the wait times here are longer than what I have previously experienced.