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Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg
I have close family member who works in an extremely overcrowded school. Another close family member who is a paramedic. And I can tell you having more population coming / already here is not great story for all. Sitting at a hospital for 5 hrs waiting to unload a patient (non critical) is not a good use of resources.
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I agree with you that some of our services are not keeping up with the rapid population rise. Roads, Transit, Schools, Health Care...
The fact that an EMT crew has to wait 5 hours to unload a patient is not one of them. This is a systemic health care issue that has been a problem with the medial system for as long as I can remember. I have always said that it is a ridiculous waste of an EMT's time to not have a more expedited way of transferring a patient and get back on the road. There has to be a better way.
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