Zenla t1_j183cpq wrote on December 22, 2022 at 10:33 AM

Reply to comment by Velkyn01 in Patient waited four and a half days for emergency department treatment by Negative-Message-447

People are not "choosing" not to get a GP. There is a major shortage of available doctors, long wait-lists, and a great number of people without insurance who couldn't see a GP even if one was available.

Velkyn01 t1_j18iaen wrote on December 22, 2022 at 1:23 PM

Man, you'd be absolutely shocked lol

There are plenty of people who have all the means available to them who just don't do basic things to take care of themselves like make appointments with their GP, refill their prescriptions before they run out, notify family of upcoming appointments that they need to go to, schedule dialysis appointments wherever they are visiting family out of town. Those people then use the ED as a catch-all to make up for that.