Man Dies After Waiting Hours For ER To Treat His Rash

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3. I'm thinking bacterial meningitis,

In which case the hospital is going to have a whole lot more problems than it ever thought of.

Anaphylaxis would have come with obvious, noisy trouble breathing and it is horrible to listen to, so someone would have complained.

I know what those waiting areas are like. You don't know who's a patient, who's family, and who just came in out of the cold. A walkaound by the triage person would be a good idea, standard for the hospital floors is every two hours.

Obviously, some procedures will have to change. For what it's worth, it's beyond cruel to kick homeless people out for the coldest part of the night.