Oh we have idiots up here too! Along with conspiracy nutcases.
In our province you should be going to urgent care for a broken finger not ER. Urgent Care is a 24/7 walk in clinic - ER is for life threatening events - heart attacks, shootings, stabbings, car accidents. Not broken fingers.
ERs get abused here as idiots cannot figure out to contact their family doctor or go to a walk-in/urgent care rather than go to the ER for something like strep throat or a broken finger. Idiots.
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urgent care in my province
See Urgent Care for things like:
- illnesses or injuries that cannot wait for you to see your family doctor
- fevers, flu symptoms, rashes or infections
- dehydration
- cuts that won’t stop bleeding
- injured limb that might be broken or sprained
- any other urgent, but not life-threatening, conditions
Urgent care centres are able to provide services not available in many doctors’ offices, such as stitches and casts, but are not equivalent to emergency departments.
Urgent care centres help conserve emergency department resources for more serious, life-threatening conditions. Patients are seen based on their medical need, not order of arrival.