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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I know it isn't possible in some cases but I would avoid any sort of hospital visit at this point based on the reports that have been out recently. But we did have a quick and easy visit to the Children's hospital on Friday which was very surprising. My kid cut her lip open and my first reaction was that it was fine and would heal but the significant other thought that stitches would be necessary. Fortunately our family doctor was able to provide an online examination in a timely manner and did recommend a visit to the hospital for their opinion. I was dreading this because I didn't want to deal with a potentially lengthy wait (many hours.) But the check-in was quick and the stitches expert was available right away to do an examination and overall the visit was under an hour. It was very relieving to be taken care of so quickly but I know many other folks are not always so lucky and it is a pretty ####ty feeling to have to even question whether or not to go to the hospital because of wait times.
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The wait times at Children's always seems to ebb and flow too. Sometimes it's super quick to get in and be seen, and watching the wait times on the app, sometimes the waits are showing to be 6+ hours (and that's just what the app says, my experience is that it takes much longer). There's been lots of reports about lines being out the door, taking multiple hours just to see triage. Not a great situation to be in overall.