Dr. Barry Dworkin

Paramedics wasting their valuable time waiting for patient transfers in ER

Health Headlines Commentary for May 18, 2018

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Paramedics held hostage by hospitals: 37,000 hours spent waiting to transfer patients to ER

 

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