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On Jan 4, 8:54 am, wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:46:13 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

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On Jan 4, 8:16 am, wrote:
On Jan 3, 5:39 pm, Jim wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Woman waits in California hospital for a bed to open up here
Wednesday, January 02 - 11:30:00 AM

A friend of mine, here in the good 'ol USA, dislocated his knee a
week
and a half ago. Had to wait a week for the MRI and has a meeting with
the surgeon next Monday. He's in intense pain and can't walk at all.

He's a veteran and has a good HMO (Pacific Care).

Is our system really that good?

Awhile back, I came very close to dying. I have very good insurance. I
waited in the emergency room for six hours, then two hours in triage,
then another day and a half before a surgical suite would be available
for the surgeon to get me in. It was so close at the end that he came
and personally checked on me every half hour.

So, please tell me where you would have rather been, Cuba, Britian,
Iran.??? Please, we will pitch in for a ticket if you want to be
treated somewhere else...
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Booger has exaggerated his story just a wee bit. Anyone close to death
does not wait 6 hours in any emergency room for care but is rushed right
in
and attended to, including immediate surgery if needed to save the life.

**** you, you pussy little twit. Show me where I exaggerated anything.
You a ****ing doctor now, asshole? Let me tell you, I had periotonitis
when I went in. I sat there for six hours before seeing ANYONE besides
that intake person. Prove me wrong you little ****head. My surgeon
even stated that had I got the CT scan earlier that I wouldn't have
had emergency surgery because they could have simply inserted a needle
and took the node out that way, then when my blood count was back to
normal, have elected surgery. But again, you just like being an
asshole so **** you. What a big man, you can say that **** hiding
behind salt's message but don't have the balls to say a damned thing
to me directly.

Unless, of course they don't have insurance, in which case they may be
transferred to another hospital that is willing to take them, or
simply put in a cab and dumped off on a street corner.- Hide quoted text -

Sorry Salt, had to reply to that low life scum JimH. He'll probably
now start saying nasty untrue things about my wife and kids. That's
how he works. Almost makes me wish what I had on him, so he can see
what to hell really happened. Hell, we were so frustrated that we've
worked on, and got the hospital logs!


Was the required union supplied clerk that screwed you.