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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

All day at the emergency room when my ex burned the skin off his palm. This was the very early 1990s and apparently they triaged: Gunshot wounds, then anyone who had insurance and could pay, then everyone else. So it became a much more complicated medical event than it needed to be, and he was in pain the whole time.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh man I forgot about hospitals. Don't know if the longest line would have been there but they dominate my personal top ten

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I was in a&e last month for ibd issues, I got there just before midnight and was there to 4 in the afternoon then next day. more than 10 hours I was there. Was triaged within an hour and had blood tests done within another hour. The rest of it was waiting to see a Dr who didn't get on shift until after 6 am. So the Dr and then had to wait for near ten hours just to see the Dr again to find out if I was being admitted or not.