Last night I went to the Emergency room because I think I may be having gallbladder attacks. Not really a big deal but while I was at the ER a comment someone made really bothered me. First of all, it took me 2 days after I had a severe attack to even go to the hospital and only after I phoned my family doctor and couldn't get in and also Healthlinks. While I was sitting waiting to be admitted (which in my opinion was very speedy) a women and her husband came in who were probably in their 60's. I overheard him say to the reception he was there because his baby toe was sore. Chris and I kind of looked at each other with a knowing smile because we are totally thinking to ourselves "you came to the ER for a sore toe and you walked in so how sore could it really be!" but to each their own. Then after they had been waiting to be seen no longer than 5 minutes, the wife makes a comment about her tax dollars hard at work and how ridiculous the wait was. I couldn't believe my ears! I mean seriously do people not realize how lucky we are that we live in a country where we can go to the ER for a sore toe and not pay a cent??!! It really makes me sad that people are so quick to bash our medical system, honestly I know it has it's problems and no system is perfect but come on!! Maybe the system would be alittle better if people weren't running in for sore baby toes!
I feel alittle better now that I have gotten that off my chest...
