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While you have a valid point, I think you're still missing the main issue: sometimes these clinics aren't open when you need them most. Emergencies big and smal

• absconditus 17y ago
  Do you honestly believe that I don't realize this? The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the visitors to this site believe that most problems have a technical solution. I happen to believe that this technical solution has the potential to exacerbate an existing problem and that other non-technical solutions are possible. What is needed is a combination of 24 hour clinics/urgent care centers, more fast-track departments and convincing certain people that there is no need to visit a doctor for a bad cold unless certain symptoms appear or one doesn't recover in a reasonable length of time. Encouraging more people to visit the emergency department for non-emergencies does not seem prudent to me.
  • silencio 17y ago
    My apologies if I was misinterpreting your replies as needless repetition. I don't disagree with you, and it must be said I question the need for such a service...but given the state of waiting at emergency departments today, I could see how this is useful for those people with small emergencies that for whatever reason can't be dealt with elsewhere. For now. The long term solution would obviously be to do something similar to what you suggest.