Comments on: Liveblogging a Visit to the St. James Emergency Room http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/05/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/ Newark 2.0: intelligent conversation, experiments in hyperlocal journalism Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:56:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A Trip to the Newark Veterinary Hospital | The Daily Newarker http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/05/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-766 A Trip to the Newark Veterinary Hospital | The Daily Newarker Tue, 27 May 2008 15:00:55 +0000 http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/15/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/#comment-766 [...] change ago I read a posting on this very blog about a man and his unfortunate experiences at the Emergency Room at St. James Hospital. Being a relatively new addition to the Ironbound (I have lived here almost a year now) it makes [...] [...] change ago I read a posting on this very blog about a man and his unfortunate experiences at the Emergency Room at St. James Hospital. Being a relatively new addition to the Ironbound (I have lived here almost a year now) it makes [...]

]]> By: State Aid Cuts Could Mean Epidemic Loss of Health Care to Inner Cities | The Daily Newarker http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/05/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-768 State Aid Cuts Could Mean Epidemic Loss of Health Care to Inner Cities | The Daily Newarker Mon, 26 May 2008 02:06:49 +0000 http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/15/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/#comment-768 [...] times; fewer supplies, staff and other resources; and more crowding. Faithful readers will recall my experience at the now nearly-defunct Saint James Hospital, more aptly described as Saint Michael’s satellite ER. Very [...] [...] times; fewer supplies, staff and other resources; and more crowding. Faithful readers will recall my experience at the now nearly-defunct Saint James Hospital, more aptly described as Saint Michael’s satellite ER. Very [...]

]]> By: Ben http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/05/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Ben Fri, 16 May 2008 14:59:48 +0000 http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/15/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/#comment-767 Zemin- When something is free, it makes sense to think that more people will want more of that free thing. Expect wait times to increase. Ken- Is it even worth keeping St. James open in this case? It obviously is quite convenient; it would be ridiculous to take an ambulance ride to another hospital for something like a dog bite. However, as your experience shows, the wait time is horrendous given under staffing and under supply. This is an issue which is very community based: Ironbound needs some sort of urgent care, however, I think given the state of things, the care they provided was far from urgent. It just is hard to weigh the pros of keeping it open (local care) with the cons being very poor service and capabilities. Zemin-

When something is free, it makes sense to think that more people will want more of that free thing. Expect wait times to increase.

Ken-

Is it even worth keeping St. James open in this case? It obviously is quite convenient; it would be ridiculous to take an ambulance ride to another hospital for something like a dog bite. However, as your experience shows, the wait time is horrendous given under staffing and under supply. This is an issue which is very community based: Ironbound needs some sort of urgent care, however, I think given the state of things, the care they provided was far from urgent. It just is hard to weigh the pros of keeping it open (local care) with the cons being very poor service and capabilities.

]]> By: zemin http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/05/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-765 zemin Fri, 16 May 2008 14:29:17 +0000 http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/15/liveblogging-a-visit-to-the-st-james-emergency-room/#comment-765 This is a small but vivid account that reveals the state of health care in the U.S. today. Emergency rooms in the "inner city" are not equipped to deal efficiently with problems like Ken's, which should be able to be dispatched within the hour. In France, for example, a doctor would actually come to your home during regular hours; after hours, you would walk a few blocks to the nearest emergency clinic. Routine. Expected. A right. It will take a Democratic President to usher in a single-payer system that all other industrialized nations enjoy but ours. This is a small but vivid account that reveals the state of health care in the U.S. today. Emergency rooms in the “inner city” are not equipped to deal efficiently with problems like Ken’s, which should be able to be dispatched within the hour. In France, for example, a doctor would actually come to your home during regular hours; after hours, you would walk a few blocks to the nearest emergency clinic. Routine. Expected. A right.

It will take a Democratic President to usher in a single-payer system that all other industrialized nations enjoy but ours.

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