It was shitty for the doctor to say something like that to you, op; I'm sorry :( As for everyone complaining about their own wait times, don't get mad at hospital staff, get mad at the idiots who go to the ER every time they stub their toe. My sister-in-law seriously takes her daughter to the ER every time she has a fever for more than 24 hours. She goes herself if she has an extra bad headache. Hate people like that, not the poor ER staff who generally are just doing their best to get through patients.

The only time I went to A&E was when I had an allergic reaction to medicine and they treated it fairly quickly but then I had to wait around for hours while I was kept in for observation which was the real problem.

Don't know about the USA, but here in belgium, you better call an ambulance when in an emergency. Yes, you'll have to wait for it, but at least you're helped immediately when you get to the hospital. When you go by yourself, or someone brings you, you usually have to wait a considerable amount of time before you can actually see a doctor.

It makes sense when you notice that she lives in the United States…

That's why I hate ER's

Sounds exactly like the hospital where I'm from! No help at all

Well don't wait so long jk your life sucks

I would definitely report them for that. I ended up getting cellulitis on the back of my neck from a spider bite early last year, and it took three visits to the ER to get a good doctor that ordered a CAT scan of it. The first doctor called it a lypoma the first visit, cut it open, and packed it to drain. The second visit (two days later) it was twice the original size and a ton of this ugly, pus colored fluid oozing out all over the place when I gently squeezed it. Even after that, the doctor still wasn't worried, and ordered me bactrim. The third time, I finally got the good doctor, whom was really concerned at the size of it, and ordered me a CAT scan that confirmed it as cellulitis. Clear down inside of several layers of muscle tissue. Ended up being admitted for three days while they pumped me full of antibiotics. Came home with Cipro to finish the infection off. The doctor said I wasn't very far from meningitis, since it was so close to my spinal cord. The hospital where I live is an absolute joke though. A lot of the doctors are horrible, and are lucky that people need to sign a malpractice liability release form.

Hospital logic...

Reach up and punch him in the nose and say to him as he sits on his ass on the floor "Now be sure to get treatment for that nose right away you hear?"