Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors: where are the heart attacks and strokes?

Re:Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors: where are the hea... by treeman79 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @07:44PM (#23097857)

Had a dozen visits to the ER. I was Constantly sent away because nothing serious. Tests generally clean. Told it was mental. Problems persisted.

Kept avoiding ER, I felt bad wasting time. Plus money.

Finally went in and they ran an extra test and found the issue. Probably had seen 30 doctors during all of this.

Some of the doctors were amazed I hadn’t dropped dead yet.

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Re:Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors: where are the hea... by downerending on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @07:55PM (#23097951)

The realization that the median doctor is probably about as good at their job as the median techie makes me shudder at the thought of going to the ER. Yeah, I'll do it if I have to.

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Re:Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors: where are the hea... by wafn on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:05PM (#23098033)

The old joke applies: what do you call the graduating student with the lowest grade? Doctor.

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Re:Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors: where are the hea... by sushid on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:28PM (#23098216)

I unfortunately came to this realization as I was graduating college. A decent number of my less-than-stellar high school acquaintances were going to be attending medical school.

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