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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago

People with mild discomfort (e.g. a persistent cough) fill up most of the emergency rooms where I'm from, since the hospital is free. Unfortunately what this means is if you have a non life threatening problem, you have to wait in the same room as people with colds and flues that should be in bed waiting it out and eating soup.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

to be fair, if you have a bad case of the flues you should be in the ER.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

A bad case, yes.

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Here in the states, people fill up the ER not because its free... its because they legally cant turn you away without looking at you first...

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've been coughing for like 6 months now. Long covid, and I've been told it can last over a year.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's obviously not what I mean.

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