Posted on 09/19/2009 4:00:18 AM PDT by kingattax
SANFORD, Fla. -- There's a new way to avoid long waits in the Central Florida Regional Hospital and Osceola Regional Medical Center's emergency rooms.
Two new electronic billboards have been erected along Interstate 4 in Seminole and Osceola counties that allows residents to see just how long their emergency room wait should be.
One sign was installed on eastbound I-4 near state Road 46 on and the on Highway 192 in Kissimmee. The signs display the average wait time at the emergency rooms and are updated every half-hour.
Coming to a town near you.
Well, putting up that sign did create a job. So, if you have to wait, it ain’t really much of an EMERGENCY ROOM, but just another WAITING ROOM, waiting...so America must learn to WAIT...and when the Gub’mint gets involved, BELIEVE ME, you’ll wait in long lines? Been to the Post Office lately?
Well, FWIW, it may discourage the folks who are using the ER for a walk-in clinic...
Good point, but I doubt it will do anything.
Most walk-in clinics actually liked to be paid when services are rendered as opposed to the ER where you can walk in and have a hang nail removed
"i'm not sure i agree with your police work there, lou" (scene from "fargo").
remember - these billboards are in English :)
Lawsuit waiting to happen. Someone will see a long wait time displayed, they will turn around and go home, have a heart attack, and sue the hospital for discouraging them from coming.
Seriously though, wait times really make no difference because the ER nurses triage the patients, so depending on your symptoms, you might get seen right away.
Potential ER Visitor:”I stubbed my toe, I think I’ll go to the emergency room, I wonder how long the wait is”
Acquaintance:”Call your friend in the billboard neighborhood”
PEV: “Great Idea”*dial/ring*”Hi, what’s the time on the billboard?”
Billboard Neighbor:”It says 4 hours”
PEV:”Thanks for the Info”
PEV:”I’m calling an Ambulance, I’m not waiting THAT long”
They should display the average wait times for Canada and the UK right along side the wait times for Central Florida Regional Hospital and Osceola Regional Medical Center’s emergency rooms.
For example:
= = =
Emergency room wait times:
Central Florida Regional Hospital: 105 minutes
Osceola Regional Medical Center: 45 minutes
Canada (Average): 4 days
UNited Kingdom (Average): 8 days
1440000 minutes is 1000 days. This figure should be helpful after 0bamaCare.
Anyone who is on welfare and who goes to the ER should have the cost of the care taken out of their benefits.
I’m not sure of what their point is.
Wait until there aren’t any doctors.
must do alot of hardship business
Gee, I guess this means that the gubmint plans to build more emergency rooms...
My pastor (Los Angeles area) recently took his daughter to the emergency room. Their wait? Eighteen hours! If we had those billboards here, with the accurate wait times, it might just wake a few people up.
Just below the wait time is a message that reads,
“Please be patient. Your ebbing, useless life is somewhat important to us. Please read the Euthanasia Options booklet while you wait.”
Best idea I’ve heard in a long time.
Now if we can just get the post offices to put the clocks back up.
Illegals should not be treated in the emergency room, unless they waive their rights to a deportatioon hearing. Then they should be given enough care to get them home.
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