[Doctors and the study’s authors suspect that when the Red Sox are in the playoffs, patients who can defer an ER visit will do so.] The heart attacks, the strokes, they will come no matter what’s going on, ... The patient with pneumonia, the patient with an asthma attack will say, ‘ Maybe I can ride this out at home. ’ |
[It's just a scratch: Boston-area emergency rooms experienced significant slowdowns last fall when the Red Sox were in the playoffs, according to a study published by the Annals of Emergency Medicine.] I have no idea where the patients go, but they don't come into the ER, ... The heart attacks, the strokes, they will come no matter what's going on. The patient with pneumonia, the patient with an asthma attack will say, 'Maybe I can ride this out at home.' |
I have no idea where the patients go, but they don't come into the emergency room, |
The heart attacks, the strokes, they will come no matter what's going on, |
The heart attacks, the strokes, they will come no matter what's going on, ... The patient with pneumonia, the patient with an asthma attack will say, 'Maybe I can ride this out at home.' |