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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Quoted for truth. Solving this problem would alone reduce the high wait time problem to a huge extent. Hospitals really should have people whose job it is to stay with patients until they get seen by a doctor, so that paramedics could be on their way and attending to the next call instead of sitting in emergency rooms for hours on end. Why more isn't being done on this front is something I don't understand.
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Great idea. Seems perfect to me.
Some people seem to get worked up about administrative expenses in public budgets and I think this is related. We see it in our health system all the time - complaining that too much money is going to administrators and is therefore wasted. The logical view is that administrators are doing work that would otherwise have to be done by doctors, nurses, or other highly paid staff.
When I have had to take an ambulance in the past, the EMS guys stayed with me in the hallway until I was admitted. Those were all pre-covid, so the wait time was less than an hour but it still seemed strange. Just hire a few more people for the admitting area who take care of patients until they get into a bed.