Don’t Get Sick On A Sunday Letter Of The Week From Oct. 20,1997

On a recent Sunday, I had a migraine headache. My doctor referred me to a minor emergency clinic to receive an injection.

At minor emergency, I filled out paper work and was put into a room. There I sat. My head was pounding and, 45 minutes later, I had not seen a doctor.

Hoping to get the 30-second injection I needed, I visited a local hospital’s emergency room and filled out more paper work. While filling out the paper work, I felt nauseated and was given a wastebasket in which to vomit.

This time, I even got a wrist bracelet. I was again put into a room. Forty-five minutes later, I had not seen a doctor. My head was killing me. No one told me how much longer I would have to sit there, so I left and went home.

Fortunately for me, I am very seldom sick.

This experience has taught me several things:

Don’t seek medical attention on a Sunday.

Medical facilities are much better at generating paper work than they are at treating patients.

If you are in pain and go to a medical facility on Sunday, you will fill out paper work and be put into a room but you will not actually receive medical care for a long, long time.

I am waiting for a bill for medical services I never received. Charles T. Conrad Spokane

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