Today, what we hear on the news is about the long lineups in the ERs, the long waits for surgeries and of course the shortage of nurses and other health care professionals.
The reality is about the simple things. The reality is those families that cannot afford their medications and stay in the hospital longer. Doctors and nurses will, for the health of the patients, keep those patients in the hospital longer so they can get their full treatment. That is where nurses get frustrated. We have patients in hallways because they don't have any other choice.
We have to do better. We're the only country that has a public system.... I guarantee you that I'd stand on any tribune to defend our public system, even as difficult as it is due to the attack the pandemic had on us, but we need to give that extra to our doctors and nurse practitioners.
Right now, they're stuck. If they don't have a sample to give to that family that doesn't have an insurance plan, the patient has no other choice but to go in the ER and get their treatment. That's not fair.