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Community VIPs--very important patients--may be getting preferential treatment in hospital emergency rooms (ER) in order to secure donations or other help to the institution at a future date, reports MSNBC.
Angling for donors, hospitals give VIP emergency treatment
Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:34 AM EDT
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"Somebody calls and says so-and-so is coming in, can you make sure they get good care," said ER physician A.J. Smally of Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut. "We bump them up a notch. If everyone is waiting four hours, they might just wait one hour."
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#1 - Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:34 AM EDTHeaven help the person that is bleeding profusely if a VIP comes in!!
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