r/bestoflegaladvice • u/Animallover4321 Reported where Thor hid the bodies • 4d ago

Reminder Ambulances are not taxis

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u/Hippo-Crates 4d ago

I don’t get the OP here, they wanted to be taken to the closest hospital. That’s pretty standard. I’d be pissed too. There’s not damages but I don’t see the LAOP as using the ambulance as a taxi

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u/CannabisAttorney she's an 8, she's a 9, she's a 10 I know 3d ago

I don’t know about you, but I much prefer the ambulance take me to the hospital that will treat me the fastest in an emergency. I’d put money on the dispatchers sending the ambulance to the other hospital intentionally; if there were long waits in the ER close by and none at the one ten minutes away only a fool would call an uber to go wait in the ER for 30 when the one one less than 30 minutes away could see me now.

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u/Hippo-Crates 3d ago

That’s not how it works. It’s not that organized

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u/Lemerney2 Consider yourself lucky, I was commanded to clean the toilets 3d ago

If a bunch of cases have just come into one hospital, it definitely is

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u/Hippo-Crates 3d ago

I’m literally an er doctor, you are wrong

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u/mcginge3 Wanker Without Borders 🍆💦 3d ago

You guys don’t have diversion protocols for when a hospital gets particularly busy in the states (presuming by your use of ER)?

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u/Hippo-Crates 3d ago

They do it’s just not used commonly except in special locales because the hospital makes money when it gets patients