Calgary needs a 24 hour clinic!

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Originally Posted by ElGuappo

with all the crap i have been going thru in hte last monthe i from this point on will NEVER gogto another ER in calgary. i will from this point on goto drumheller and their ER. they have more staff than patients and the drive is only 90 min which is byfar shorter than the wait in calgary. my last visit to the ER in calgary i continuslly was passed over over for people with sprained ankles and such. i was only complaining about a pain where i had a tumor removed 8 years ago. and after 6 hours in the waiting room my family doctor ened an i drove to his office and lab and went for xras all in lin less than 90 minutes.

Just my rant about calgary health care or lack there of. i have a friend who is a resident surgen at the foothills and when i tole him i thought they had the worst triage nurses in the country all he could do was AGREE.

Most People who NEED the er CANT drive 90 Minutes if you go to an ER when you could wait a couple of days with no harm other than discomfort you deserve to be smacked As everyone knows complaining of pain, without if have a direct negative impact on your immediate well being is not going to persuade any doctor to get off his or her arse, they rightly tell you go to a clinic.
And no I'm not meaning you...depends on the amount of pain you are willing to live with or can for that matter. Maybe if people went to the doctor only when they needed to the doctors wouldn't be so busy.