Burns, fractures, eye penetrations, and gang activity. Another exciting read of a trauma in the ER. This time, it ends with a sad twist:
Later I found out that the guy, unfortunately didn’t have insurance…and the ortho procedure he required involved a series of operations, close follow-up, and specialized equipment. And because orthopods don’t work (much) for free…especially when the patient is a high risk patient (high risk meaning not likely to be compliant, and more likely to sue, as determined by his lifestyle…and according to them, it’s the poor, uninsured, disenfranchised, non-contributor to society that’s likely to try and take something that doesn’t belong to them…and is therefore more likely to sue). So, no orthopod in the City would do his surgery…
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