No, they gave him IV fluids but then gave him the name of a gastro specialist who wouldn't take him, apparently without a referral from his family doctor. You see, another gastro doctor at the hospital had assisted in the gastroscopy and colonoscopy he had a few weeks ago so they don't want to tread on his toes even though Dad is not a patient of this doctor nor has he ever seen him. It's all nonsense! So a sick 79 year old man has to run through the hoops, go figure. On Wednesday, while sitting 3.5 hours in the emerg, they got to witness an elderly man, who came in with shortness of breath and sat there for two hours, have a heart attack in the waiting room. What more can you say!
