For what it’s worth, this experience isn’t entirely uncommon in the US either. I live in a rural area that has a trauma center and a hospital because it is X di

For what it’s worth, this experience isn’t entirely uncommon in the US either. I live in a rural area that has a trauma center and a hospital because it is X distance from the next closest hospital and gets money from the state/county to exist. But that is all they are. Outside of diagnostic imaging and very basic healthcare, you are shipped off to either Portland, Seattle, or in some cases Idaho. Everything is backed up and it is largely due to a lack of personnel because people are just not joining the field. It is basically the inversion of your problem. We burn out everyone who works in a hospital specifically because of the pursuit of profit. They’re all understaffed and everyone works shifts that are unsafe due to their length to compensate. Hospitals are an incredibly stressful place to work and doctors and nurses have inherently difficult jobs. Yet they’re treated largely like disposable assets to be burned through. It is bad for patients and it is bad for the staff. But it is apparently good for business.