I’m truly curious. Not even trying to complain, I understand the hospitals are full but like what takes so long to print paperwork?
UPDATE: Thank you all for your input and responses, it definitely helped the time pass by. We are home now. I do understand waiting is not suffering but at some point something has to give. We have an infant and toddler who had to be left with family and we were anxious to get home to them. I understand we are not the only people who have ever had to wait for discharge. I was truly curious as to what the hold up is. After getting incoming responses seeming to state that this is normal, it all got to me. This should not be normal and the patient, critical or not, should not have to get the short end of the stick. Reality or not. In a perfect world I guess.
Sorry to all the underpaid, over worked staff.
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It’s a massive chain of messages that need to be sent, verified, and checked off on. Doctor, nurse, pharmacists, gotta make sure you’ve been talked to about future appointments, you know what you have to do, what not to do…
Contrary to popular belief, doctors don’t want you there any longer than you have to be; They’re not paid hourly. It’s just that they have to make sure everything is prepared, and everyone’s in the know. The last thing they need is to find out you need to come back for an MRI and they’ve accidentally booked the room.
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