Introduction:
I went to the emergency department with my brother who had hurt his hand during a soccer game at this school. I was tensed, blood was oozing vigorously, and he was crying with pain. In such a condition when I stepped into the emergency department, I was shocked to find out that there was a long waiting queue outside the door. Patients were waiting in a queue to be attended by the emergency assistance. At first I thought, I might have mistakes the OPD department for Emergency due to tension. To add to my shock and surprise I was told by the counter attendee that I was in the ER department. The situation immediately informed me that the demand of the emergency service in Australia has crossed the ability of the service provider. Thus, I had no other way but to wait for my turn and then avail medication. Finally it was after almost an hour when my brother received some help and was relieved from the slithering pain.
Thesis statement
The inhuman experience which I along with my brother experienced in the city based hospital, provoked me to voice against the health care system of the country. The growing demand of the emergency service has hardly affected the service providers. With the increase of the population the government should increase the number of hospitals or increase the number of staffs in a hospital so that the patients in distress do not have to wait. An heart patient, or an accident patient have very little time to survive if they do not get the medication immediately. The role of the emergency nurse is to attend to the patient immediately and save life. In the present condition when the situation is so grim, it is really strange to find out the health care providers are changing their approaches tow...
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