Quote Originally Posted by technocoy View Post
Also, not sure where you guys live, but at any busy hospital sitting 13 hours waiting for some service isn't a far stretch no matter where you are in the spectrum. If it ain't obviously life-threatening or giving birth, then you are LAST in their line.
You'd think. But they allowed their "LAST" priority to consume 1 of their 4 triage rooms for 9+ hours, then 1 of their 6 exam rooms for another 3 hours. Apparently she was in enough danger that they wouldn't let us leave, but not enough danger that they couldn't take 12 hours to figure out what was wrong. And apparently it was serious enough to waste one of their rooms all day while 30+ people were in the waiting room, but not serious enough that the doctor would call the on-call OBGYN at any point.

Btw, there were enough complaints a few years ago that this base hospital lost their certification as an emergency treatment facility - they literally had to send military folks off base to receive emergency treatment. They just regained that certification a couple years ago. So yes, it is as bad as it seems.

I will concede that there are exceptions to this rule. My wife and grandfather (both vets) have been seen at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in the past, and we've had an outstanding experience each time (staff are very friendly and helpful, plenty of doctors on the floor at all times). But then again there is the ridiculously long wait at the dispensary counter...