Thursday, June 26, 2008

Sarasota Memorial's 30 min guarantee vs several hour wait

I'd heard about Sarasota (FL) Memorial Hospital's 30 minute emergency room guarantee and thought about it this weekend as hours passed when one of our family members was brought into a NC emergency room. It wasn't busy, just one person ahead, but there was little staff and a prolonged "waiting" on this person or that.

http://host1.bondware.com/~tampabaymedical/news.php?viewStory=314 (is a web address where you can read about the Sarasota Memorial Hospital guarantee).

It's amazing how things could be better...I'm sure the Sarasota FL patients feel badly for the poor idiots sitting away the day in an emergency room at best, and waiting hours for needed care just because they have the nerve not to be bleeding or experiencing chest pain or because they're second in the emergency room.

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