So local hospital, newer building etc. I had surgery there 7 years ago plus cancer treatment, lots of problems. Tenant's sister rushed there. She had knee replacement and emergency hernia surgery elsewhere and was not recuperating well and crashed. So she asked to go to this one. Well, she was not doing well and went into some kind of loud, scary, behavior Saturday night into Sunday. Husband was there overnight. Nursing staff said there were not doctors at the hospital so they called 911 and asked if EMTs could come and would they come up to this floor. Sure, they said and the went and took her vital signs. No treatment, no transport. Just making sure she was not dying. Has anyone ever had to do this? Knee implant is titanium so shouldn't be causing this, right? She also developed a kidney infection. She could not get around and exercise her leg due to the hernia surgery. Previous hospital had dismissed it as not as necessary as the knee job and then she got sick from it and they did emergency surgery at midnight one night. This is bad. Has anyone heard of such a thing as not having a doctor over the weekend at the hospital? --71.188.xx.xxx

My wife is a BSN in the ICU at a smallish hospital. She works the night shift. Doctors there work ONLY day shifts. Covid has imposed a lot of financial hardship on hospitals, especially smaller ones. It would not surprise me if a small hospital couldn't find or afford adequate doctor staffing. --107.141.xx.xxx

Shortage of medical staff here is a problem where some provinces are beginning to compensate family doctors. Like everywhere else they need to make it easier for foreign doctors to practice. Health care is where those who live a unhealthy life style wind in EU. Diet, not smoking along avoiding salt and sugar is important while not drinking soft drinks. If you watch Fox news they view universal health care as a failure when in reality if anyolne asked the majority of people here they would not want to go a system where only those who are weathy can afford health care. The pandemic really strained health care as the capaicity could not expand for the people who were not vaccinated then wound up in intensive care. Now the cirisis is behind us where there are other short term issues. Specialsit doctors are well compensated here as they need to retain here where people bringing up how much they bring in where they ignore reality when you into a office there are large overheads like rent along with a staff that has a payroll. There is a after hours clinic here where can avoid going into emergency. --68.69.xxx.xxx

Considering what happened with covid, who in their right mind would consider a career in medicine. --108.201.xx.xx

Any trauma beyond a chipped finger nail is stabalized and "life flighted" to Vegas 150 miles away. That seems to be the trend in rural america now. --47.216.xxx.xxx

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Didn't you guys know that per the dictates of progressive socialism that all you have to do to get everything you want is vote for it? (*wink) --65.56.xxx.xxx

In 2022, most any hospital other than the tiniest of ones would have one or more physicians in house 24/7, both in the ED and hospitalists working on the inpatient units. So, I would say with near 100% certainty, there is “more to the story.” --98.13.xx.xxx

It is always a struggle on whether to confront folks spewing mistruths or to ignore them and let their reputation/history/presentation speak the volumes about creditability (or lack there of) instead. --108.56.xxx.xx

Thank you for the responses and especially Scott IN who confirms that this is happening elsewhere too. --71.188.xx.xxx

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The nurses were working themselves ragged, but were as attentive and kind as their huge patient load would allow. Even the well-off 'burbs like ours have suffered major attrition due to people leaving the field after burning out due to COVID. --173.62.xxx.xxx

I've spent A LOT of time in your area. CapitalHealth Systems, mercer campus is the best in my eyes ... and I don't have much good to say about a lot of the "medical systems" --98.237.xxx.xx