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Emergency Department Boarding Stories

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Do the math

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"30 beds. 34 boarders. 30+ in waiting room. Do the math. Patients waiting 12-24 hours to be seen. This happens for months at a time."

In dire straits

The state of New Mexico is in dire straits.

Boarding in the ER hallway

In our large hospital it is common that patients who need to be admitted to the hospital have to wai...

Diversion

Our county's Emergency Medical Services reduced our ability to go on diversion down to 200 hours max...

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