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- From: elise@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com (Elise Wade)
- Subject: Re: Holiday Medical Help (was Re: _whine_)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.191725.634@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments
- References: <1hdgmeINNjbr@mizar.usc.edu> <1992Dec28.182756.16867@ast.saic.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:17:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.182756.16867@ast.saic.com> hyler@ast.saic.com writes:
- >Having survived now, I thought I would send out a "think about this"
- >message:
- >
- > What do you do when your child gets sick on a major holiday and you
- > will need both Doctor and Pharmacy?
- >
- >Of course, the hospital emergency room is always available, but unless
- >you are seriously hurt you will wait and wait and wait with a miserably
- >sick child.
- >
-
- Gee, the few times my kids have been sick after regular hours
- (including one holiday) the doctor on call in the clinic met
- us at their office. I was under the impression this was standard
- practice. A friend of mine whose child has been seriously ill, meets
- her doctors at one of several hospital emergency rooms -- this
- is *not* the same as a walk-in admission. They have always
- been met promptly and had immediate access to the needed equipment.
-
- Of course, we are fortunate to live in a big city (Dallas) and
- there are *always* pharmacies open.
-
- Elise.
-