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Had to go to the va today for abdominal pain, seriously I have been many times and not treated badly, today I was appalled. It was like they let all but 2 doctors and a few nurses have vacation for the holidays, my normal provider was not there nor was anyone elses, the er was completely packed and running into the hallway, and taking one hour per patient to look at, by the time I aksed they tole me even though I checked in at 1pm I would have to wait there until 3-5pm the next day to be seen in the er.
I have been to a third world nation with a better run hospital than this, what leader thinks it a brilliant idea to let 90% plus of the staff go on a holiday in a profession where people die if they do so, any sane hospital administration would coordinate such in a way to ensure staffing stays optimal at all times even with vacations and holidays. To make it worse one guy who was missing one leg and one foot which looked like it was from diabetes complained he had been there 8 hours and no one had checked his blood sugar and that he needed his refill on insulin, another guy seemed to have the direct symptoms of acute appendicitis, even though other things can cause those symptoms no sane medical professional would leave someone to wait that long, as a burst appendix can litterally be fatal in a short time.
To make that worse that same guy with the symptoms of appendicitis was rejected by his local va and told it would take to to three weeks to get looked at, while his girlfriend made him drive to another va, where he had a rediculous wait. There were many others there in dire need of medical care combined with many with the common cold, however the va seemed to lack priority in cases. I myself finally gave up and said If whatever is causing all this pain was going to kill me it would do it long before I saw a doctor and then I left.
I will not say the exact va I was at but I will contact the white house over it, as seeing such treatment I had only seen prior in news articles is heartbreaking, and it would be even more so if any of those people I saw there made the news as dying in the er waiting room. Fyi if any of you have a similar problem with the va, it is very easy to email the white house, granted there are probably thousands of emails sent a day there, but if such issues plague you area, your va let it be known, the more messages sent to the white house the more the staff and even the president will have to notice.
I have been to a third world nation with a better run hospital than this, what leader thinks it a brilliant idea to let 90% plus of the staff go on a holiday in a profession where people die if they do so, any sane hospital administration would coordinate such in a way to ensure staffing stays optimal at all times even with vacations and holidays. To make it worse one guy who was missing one leg and one foot which looked like it was from diabetes complained he had been there 8 hours and no one had checked his blood sugar and that he needed his refill on insulin, another guy seemed to have the direct symptoms of acute appendicitis, even though other things can cause those symptoms no sane medical professional would leave someone to wait that long, as a burst appendix can litterally be fatal in a short time.
To make that worse that same guy with the symptoms of appendicitis was rejected by his local va and told it would take to to three weeks to get looked at, while his girlfriend made him drive to another va, where he had a rediculous wait. There were many others there in dire need of medical care combined with many with the common cold, however the va seemed to lack priority in cases. I myself finally gave up and said If whatever is causing all this pain was going to kill me it would do it long before I saw a doctor and then I left.
I will not say the exact va I was at but I will contact the white house over it, as seeing such treatment I had only seen prior in news articles is heartbreaking, and it would be even more so if any of those people I saw there made the news as dying in the er waiting room. Fyi if any of you have a similar problem with the va, it is very easy to email the white house, granted there are probably thousands of emails sent a day there, but if such issues plague you area, your va let it be known, the more messages sent to the white house the more the staff and even the president will have to notice.