Dear Editor,
As a long-term resident of Richmond, I have great concerns how our city’s spending our tax dollars.
However this letter pertains to our Richmond Hospital efficiency.
A family member was admitted to emergency on Sunday with acute abdominal pain, discharged the following morning with only pain meds.
Fast foward to Tuesday afternoon with a return to emergency, another assessment and blood work is done, and the wait for a specialized MRI begins.
Living on Jello, clear fluids, and reducing available beds by one, she finally gets her test the following Monday at 2 p.m., and returns to her room.
At 5 p.m. a nurse removes the IV and discharges her. No doctor consult or conversation... end of story. How inefficient is that?
I realize, with this pandemic, doctors and nurses are working to their max and doing the best they can, however as beds are at premium, I could only think her bed could have been used for a more needy patient.
A. Macdonald
STEVESTON
