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weenancyinAmerica Posts: 2,483 Forumite

10 February 2025 at 10:06PM

It seems to be a worldwide problems - the lack of hospital beds. My roommate went into the hospital emergency room and was there overnight and till late the next day and they never did find her a room. Instead they sent her by ambulance to a nursing home for two weeks.

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