You hear both sides, likely the "doctors could hardly be bothered" might be in fact due to some doctors being overworked.
I was in the A&E (what is the ER in singapore and the UK I think) and I had severe chest pain due to chest infection. There were like 40 of us in there and like 5 nurses that one nurse just blew me off when I asked for pain killers because she didn't read my record properly and thought I took acetaminophen that morning. It took the pain getting worse to the point I was rocking and screaming for them to give me tramadol. that said, I sympathize with the situation, given they were running around and hardly able to fill out the paper work and do their normal tasks AND be attentive to the sick.
That said, hey I hear you. That doctor fucked up and it was on them yes, it does not absolve them. That said, things sure are getting worse in total across the system in the US, and bad attitudes doesn't explain nationwide scales. For that, you must look at systemic solutions, especially if you don't want more people to die in such situations again.
I was in the A&E (what is the ER in singapore and the UK I think) and I had severe chest pain due to chest infection. There were like 40 of us in there and like 5 nurses that one nurse just blew me off when I asked for pain killers because she didn't read my record properly and thought I took acetaminophen that morning. It took the pain getting worse to the point I was rocking and screaming for them to give me tramadol. that said, I sympathize with the situation, given they were running around and hardly able to fill out the paper work and do their normal tasks AND be attentive to the sick.
That said, hey I hear you. That doctor fucked up and it was on them yes, it does not absolve them. That said, things sure are getting worse in total across the system in the US, and bad attitudes doesn't explain nationwide scales. For that, you must look at systemic solutions, especially if you don't want more people to die in such situations again.