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[nathanrutledge]

Ambulances are cheap, medical care here is cheap. I myself was involved in an accident this year. A boy ran in front of my motorcycle and I hit him. Luckily he's okay, and in the end he got off with a very strong lesson to look before you leap, but anyway, believe me, medical care here is very inexpensive.

As far as hospitals go, yes, they do close. Also, just because it is a hospital, it doesn't mean it can handle traumas. In my hometown we have seven or eight hospitals, but only 2 of them are trauma units (gunshots, car accidents, etc) so if you go to one of the other hospitals with a trauma, they will call an ambulance and have you taken to the trauma center as they are not equipped to handle it. The boy I hit, the first hospital we went to (in the ambulance) treated him and he stayed for one night before going to another hospital. The first one specialized in broken bones, but not neurology, so he went to a neurological specialist instead. It's probably the same thing here. The doctors saw the kid, he appeared fine (i.e., not bleeding everywhere, missing limbs, etc) and so they said go to the other hospital.

As far as the kid goes, think about it. You just got hit by a car. You're well enough to get up, walk around, etc, but still, you're probably in shock. The guy takes him to the hospital, the kids in shock, they say go to the other hospital, no one is going to ask questions and the kid isn't going to volunteer them. I can see it.

IMO, the medical care here is excellent. The emergency care... it could use some work. Of course, in my hometown, I live near the fire station so ambulances make it to my neighborhood in under a minute and they are staffed with well qualified people. Here, once you GET to the hospital, you're fine. The ambulance ride though... that's a scary time!

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[Captain Corea]

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maybe he'll do the honorable thing and kill himself with his air soft gun