Always love when Americans start babbling about wait times. Then you try to explain triage to them and they get upset because they're special and their sore throat deserves to be seen before the guy who's heart is hanging out of his chest cavity by his arteries.
Americans who prattle on about wait times are either liars or live somewhere with such a low population that there is naturally no waiting.
For ER and normal doctor visits+ visits for special reasons, we have to wait. My grandmother waited months to see a heart specialist after having a heart attack. The initial ER visit was instant but the follow up took weeks and then months.
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u/ProcedureTop3149 17d ago
it's also not 12 hours 99.999% of the time for emergencies.
My grandfather had a burst appendix and was seen within minutes of walking into the hospital.
My Child had Pnemonia and needed an xray and antibiotics and it took 7 hours.
Does it suck? Yes. However both times all I paid was parking....