FReddit@lemmy.worldtoCanada@lemmy.ca•Three stabbed teens were driven from a party to a nearby hospital, only to find that the ER was closed. Their story is one of many
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1 year agoI’m in the U.S., and have a bit of a permutation on this.
I live in a sparsely populated county. But we have two hospitals and hundreds of doctors.
However, my insurer pulled out of the county in May. So it’s a 70 mile drive to another county for urgent care.
I fell on Sunday and thought about making that drive. Instead, I decided to treat the injuries myself.
So we have plenty of open facilities. But it could easily cost $5,000 or so for routine treatment.
I’m in the U.S and have walked out a couple times.
In the longer term, I have a leukemia condition. It took five months to get an MRI and get someone to read the results. By that time the conditions had cleared up.
But there are a lot of conditions that can kill you in five months.