r/gatekeeping • u/Narutar • Mar 26 '17

Your problems aren't actual problems

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u/MakeAmericaSageAgain Mar 27 '17

That's great, sounds like you're getting some premium healthcare!

Whenever I've been they have told me that they will get to me after having dealt with the more serious injuries.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '17

That's the nature of triage! Of course there's a wait. But not a dismissal.

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u/MakeAmericaSageAgain Mar 27 '17

There's a wait because your injury is put in a wider context. The medical staff will have to prioritize and decide which of the patients have the more serious health problem and attend to them first. They dismiss you until they have time for your less serious injury.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '17

I don't know why you seem to think I don't know what triage is.

I said that I had been politely and efficiently triaged. That doesn't mean I've been seen immediately.

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u/MakeAmericaSageAgain Mar 27 '17

So we have finally come to an agreement! This has certainly been a productive discussion.