Same old, same old:
The cause: bottlenecks of patients waiting for CT scans, MRIs, blood tests, specialist evaluations and, in particular, inpatient beds at the hospitals, she said.
I wonder how many tests are actually needed, versus those simple ordered defensively. (via symtym)
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I wonder how many specialty consults are actually needed, versus those simply ordered defensively.
Seventeen-hour waits?
A Brit in the National Health Service can do that time standing on his head.
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