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Old 01-02-2009, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
As I said I'm no expert and things may be different in different states but
In calif people get interviewed at county hospitals regarding their condition
before they see a doctor and therefore resources are not wasted

If you explain the problem at registration no one would need to wait for 2 hours
to solve this simple issue and therefore this would not cost hundreds of dollars for this visit.
But it was just a suggestion.
How do you think this would play out? He takes his non-English non-US citizen into any local county hospital (Parkland in Dallas, for instance), and translates the need for the medicine to the Triage Nurse. What will you imagine will happen then?
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