The Joys Of Emergency Rooms

For those who knows me.. you would know that I had traveled the world for business and vacations and had many times been into the emergency rooms of various hospital.. in different countries.  In most countries that I had been too.. i’ll have to say .. that they take care of the children first.. and then the old folks.. and of course the rest later.

I do like the nurses .. and doctors of this hospital.. but something is wrong .. when you let a sick kid sit for 6 hours.. before getting to see the doctor.  Obviously, my kid is sick.. else you think we wanna spend a Sunday in the hospital..??   6hrs .. for a kid who is not even 5 yrs old yet.. to wait for the doctor is pure sin.   But of course, having said that.. i know they had some emergency.. and only 1 doctor running the whole hospital so they said.  Which in my humble opinion is not right.  Plus, the doctor could definitely take a look at my kid .. and let us go.. afterall.. he took but 5 mins..!!!

This was how sick my kid was.. we waited inside the waiting room for another hour.. after we were called in.. before the doctor saw us.. and sent us home without any medication.  I don’t think this is right.. that Yarmouth Regional Hospital had only one emergency doctor running the whole hospital.

If i ever return home .. and never come back to Canada.. this health department is definitely gonna be the main reason .. why i am leaving.  I cannot bear to see my kid suffer this many hours.. and can only get to see the doctor .. after 12 hrs.  There were but 6 patients ahead of us.. and i really think that it was wrong.  There were so many nurses.. and all they were doing were sitting around and chatting.  When we were in the emergency room.. it wasn’t even busy.  I’m mad..??  yes .. for sure.. !! as an adult.. it’s ok.. to wait this long.. but this is my kid you are talking about.  This is wrong..!