09-15-2008, 05:33 PM
I believe most emergency rooms in major metropolitan areas are taxed to their limits. I don't see the Hilo ER as any different. Shortly before leaving the mainland for here we had to take one of our closest friends to the ER in a major mid-western city. And, this was one of the "best" ER's in the area. However, because our friend was having a "nervous break-down" (my words) and was not bleeding from a gunshot wound, etc., we sat in the ER for 8 hours waiting for our friend to be seen by a doctor. He was on the floor in the fetal positon at our feet. Babies with fevers, car accident victims, sports injury victims, etc. were all triaged ahead of us and our friend. We comletely agreed with what we saw at the time.
Eventually our friend was seen by the doctors. He was admitted. we were very tired, but able to go home and be assured that our friend was being looked after. I believe that ER care is hard for most of us "lay" folks to understand. All ER rooms do the best they can. I do not believe that Hilo is any different.
Eventually our friend was seen by the doctors. He was admitted. we were very tired, but able to go home and be assured that our friend was being looked after. I believe that ER care is hard for most of us "lay" folks to understand. All ER rooms do the best they can. I do not believe that Hilo is any different.