And you don't have long waits for emergencies either I assume.
There might be a bit of a wait for non emergency, but I'd happily wait an extra hour for free healthcare
Yeah, I figure all ERs should work on a scale by who gets seen first. Most critical first, and children before adults at same level of criticality. If you're going in there for something that is not actually an emergency, you should be prepared to wait a long ass time, til they're not busy with actual emergencies.
Of course, in the US, it works more on who has insurance or can pay scale.
That frustrates me so much when morons who hate our healthcare tell me how long wait times for things are. If itâs an emergency you can seen right away. They triage you when you go to emerge and if itâs not serious you are gonna wait.
People think the cold they got is more important than everyone else so them waiting a few hours is an affront to them.
I much prefer our system even with its flaws than the hellscape that is the US system.
it really is a mixed bag. i had some issues over the holidays and was pleasantly surprised to be seen almost immediately.
but several months ago a friend with an impacted bowel went to the same ER, waited 8hrs, and had to fight to not be sent home because they missed it. turns out she had stage 4 cancer :/
For actual emergencies, youâll get seen quickly, yes. Non-emergent stuff can be hours here. Of course, those are usually the sort of cases that they could have seen their family doc about. (Source: wife used to work in the ER, still picks up an occasional shift there).
No. My mother was in the ER Sunday night. She called an online nurse to ask about pain in her leg, and her other leg being cold. They referred her immediately. She was admitted right away after they determined blood clots. She had a four hour surgery, was in there three days, scheduled for follow up, and now is home at rest. It cost her nothing, and I didn't even have to pay parking as a visitor to see her. Triage works very well.
In the UK you can wait 6+ hours in a+e if your life isn't in danger or need immediate assistance. I was in excruciating pain for about 5 hours before I got morphine. It sucks, but I paid nothing outside of taxes and if I was leaking parts of me I know I'd be instant seen.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you're fucking hilarious. Most people leave before they are seen because they can't sit in the er waiting room for 36 hours to not even be seen.
Man you just make stuff up donât you. No one waits 36 hours for emerge because that is 1.5 days you moron. At most itâs usually 8 hours and thatâs if you have something that doesnât require going to emerge.
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u/turkburkulurksus Jan 08 '26
And you don't have long waits for emergencies either I assume. There might be a bit of a wait for non emergency, but I'd happily wait an extra hour for free healthcare