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Old 06-21-2007, 08:33 AM   #82
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Originally Posted by Burninator View Post
I can assure you, that in Calgary, that is false. The wait times in emergency rooms in Calgary is embarrassing. There is not enough doctors or beds. Paramedics can only release a patient to a doctor that will treat them. So the Paramedics end up spending most of their time in the emergency room waiting with the patients. Unless your heart is stopped or you are bleeding profusely expect to wait several hours to get any help.
Clever Calgarians know that if you take the less-than-an-hour drives to High River, Okotoks or Turner Valley, there are almost no wait times in the clinics and hospitals there.

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