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angry_eccentric t1_ixqo922 wrote

Reply to comment by ttsignal24 in Where to get insulin now-ish? by trail-coffee

social workers cannot call in prescriptions. only a doctor or nurse practitioner can do that.

911 will send an ambulance, which is not what this person needs (hopefully). calling 911 for a non-emergency situation is a waste of resources, especially on a busy holiday weekend.

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angry_eccentric t1_ixr96qc wrote

right, but this person doesn't need police or EMTs, they need insulin. therefore, it wouldn't be a good use of emergency services, since the police would not do anything in this situation and EMTs could only drive this person to the ER, which they said they didn't want to do because it's prohibitively expensive.

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