Crazy political climate calls for a burner account. Director NFP, father, research & policy wonk, former PC voter now a lonely centrist. Cancer fighter.
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“Folks, you need to stop going to the ER so much.”
“But 2.5M people don’t have a family doctor.”
“Well, you should ask your doctor about that.”
It's time once again to remind everyone that emergency department (ED) crowding is not due to low acuity visits. ED crowding is due to hospital crowding and the inability to move admitted patients to the floors. Emergency Physicians can handle busy. It's crowding that kills.
An important message from Canada’s ER doctors that blaming patients for seeking ER care is never the answer and getting admitted patients up to the hospitals wards is always the answer. @CAEP_Docs
@gator_gum Wait until they realize they've probably been eating bugs their entire lives as one of the most widely used red food colourings - carmine - is made from crushed up Cochineal bugs. 🐛🔴
@ryangerritsen Actually, news shared on holidays or late Fridays is done so to diminish its impact. If it was done to create a crisis as you assert, the communications rollout would have been much more deliberate.