http://www.independentreview.net/news/health/patients-wait-less-local-ers-nationwide-3596 Comments for "Patients wait less in local ERs than nationwide" en http://www.independentreview.net/news/health/patients-wait-less-local-ers-nationwide-3596 <p>If you’re waiting to see an emergency room doctor, you might want to make yourself comfortable. </p> <p>A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month said the average waiting time in an emergency department is 56 minutes.</p> <p>Locally, however, emergency wait times are much shorter.</p> <p>Emergency room patients at Meeker Memorial Hospital in Litchfield and Hutchinson Area Health Care in Hutchinson wait, on average, less than 15 minutes before seeing a doctor.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.independentreview.net/news/health/patients-wait-less-local-ers-nationwide-3596">read more</a></p> http://www.independentreview.net/news/health/patients-wait-less-local-ers-nationwide-3596#comments Health Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:24:41 -0500 Kristin Holtz 3596 at http://www.independentreview.net