kaimui22

just wondering for those who recovered while waiting in emergency....

why did you go to emergency in the first place if the pain/unwell could go away within a couple hours? i mean...if it wasn't a big deal (like a recurring stomachache) and you know you will wait a couple of hours to see a doctor, why bother to go to the emergency room in the first place?

if everyone goes to the emergency for little things, then the ppl who need it the most will have delayed care

of course, if you suspect it is more serious and you require immediate medical care, it's prob. best to call an ambulance...but if you're not bleeding, not in absolute pain that you've never experienced before...those doctors in emergency will just put you aside and care for those who need immediate care.

kaimui22

Last time I went to the emergency, there was a chinese lady who was complaining of headache, dizziness and fainting. She didn't speak a word of english and refused the help of a translator..she insisted the hospital staff call her daughter. When he daughter arrived, her daughter was so mad at her mom and started yelling at her in the emergency waiting area. Turns out, the mom walks to the emergency room every other day and pretends to be sick so her daughter would come see her...the daughter was yelling at her mom for at least 1/2 hour and she tried translating for her mom while she was being admitted by the nurses. The daughter was mad because everytime she goes to work, her mom walks to emergency...in the end, she left her mom in the hospital, even though the staff told her she cannot go because she was needed to help translate for her mom. Once the daughter left, we saw her mom walk around as if nothing happened and she stopped acting "sick". Eventually the mom walked out of emergency and went home alone.

This is a really good example of people misusing the medical care for attention...it's sad that the lady had to resort to using medical emergency to get her daughter's attention...but because of this lady, everyone's care was delayed for at least 1/2 to 1 hour while they were trying to find her daughter and help her translate...sigh

Another time I went, there was this lady admitted into emergency who refused to be tested or even touched by nurses...she kept yelling that she would only trust doctors but usually there's only 1 or 2 doctors and 10 nurses around...so she kept yelling and yelling and refusing to be treated until a doctor saw her...