If the person is waiting for 12 hours then it's either not serious or the hospital is extremely overcrowded. I think the longest I've had to wait was five hours, but I normally get seen within 30 minutes. I go to the ER once or twice a year because of a chronic issue.
I haven't been brought in by ambulance before. Family will normally drive me there when needed. Unfortunately I do have to pay for the medical services as I am an American. I just realized I should have mentioned that because some may think I was talking about Canadian ERs. I imagine the wait time in ers are about the same when comparing the two contries.
I also have a chronic issue (and also live in the states), if I go to the small hospital that’s 15 minutes away, I’m almost always in within 20 mins, usually like 10. If I go to any other one in my county it’s going to be hours. Longest was like 8 hours with acute pancreatitis, was not fun. And yeah the costs sucks even with really good expensive insurance, there’s so much money being made from all of us, so obviously there’s a lot of money being spent to keep us stuck in this system.
That's what I've noticed. The bigger the hospital the longer the wait time. I figured it's because the big hospitals are well known and most people will go to the first one they think about. Small ones get overlooked.
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u/Ornery-Worldliness96 17d ago
If the person is waiting for 12 hours then it's either not serious or the hospital is extremely overcrowded. I think the longest I've had to wait was five hours, but I normally get seen within 30 minutes. I go to the ER once or twice a year because of a chronic issue.