"Nurse? The President is on the line for you...."
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"Last night, I was on the telephone with a person at an emergency hospital ward in Pennsylvania because a good friend had called, and he had rushed his significant other to the emergency room because this woman was having trouble breathing, had a high fever, and could not catch her breath," Biden said during a speech in Illinois promoting COVID-19 vaccine mandates for businesses. "They got her into the hospital. The waiting room was so crowded, things were so backed up they couldn't even get her to be seen initially. So, because I knew this person, I called. I called the desk receiving nurse and asked what the situation was."
"To make long story short, it took a while because all of the – not all – the vast majority of the emergency rooms and docs were occupied taking care of COVID patients," Biden added. "I bet every one of you can name somebody who got sent to the hospital with something other than COVID and couldn't get it taken care of."
Biden said that he "wasn’t complaining" when he made the phone call because doctors and nurses working in overcrowded hospitals are "getting the living hell kicked out of them, sometimes physically."
Of course he didn't interfere or ask that his friend's SO be moved up in the line.
Of course....
So, you're the nurse, fielding calls in the ER, and POTUS calls.
Whatcha gonna do? Hmmmm?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in "Nurse? The President is on the line for you....":
So, you're the nurse, fielding calls in the ER, and POTUS calls.
Whatcha gonna do? Hmmmm?Pass it on to the chief resident for handling, and continue seeing to my patients.
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@george-k said in "Nurse? The President is on the line for you....":
@mik said in "Nurse? The President is on the line for you....":
He cannot be told anything. HIPAA. It does not make exceptions for the president.
Yeah, like the nurse ignored a call from POTUS.
Honestly, if I was busy in the ED and someone told me I have a call from POTUS, I would laugh my ass off.
But Mik is right about HIPAA.
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Never been around when POTUS called. Never happened at our place. Heard about the governor calling, though.
Since his name was on our paychecks, administration would have turned the place upside down and shook it like a terrier with rat, if he had asked for it.
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@george-k said in "Nurse? The President is on the line for you....":
Of course he didn't interfere or ask that his friend's SO be moved up in the line.
Of course....
So, you're the nurse, fielding calls in the ER, and POTUS calls.
Whatcha gonna do? Hmmmm?Is it wrong for a president to get some direct feedback about a situation rather than getting everything via others?
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@klaus said in "Nurse? The President is on the line for you....":
Is it wrong for a president to get some direct feedback about a situation rather than getting everything via others?
Of course not.
But, frame it in this context: President hears that his friend;s SO is having trouble getting care because of all the COVID cases clogging up the ER. President calls and says, "Hey, what's goin' on there? My friend's SO is there and things are taking a long time." Do you think some skids would get greased?
Of course they would.
