When you go to the hospital with chest pains they have to do a blood test to see if you are producing cardiac enzymes that indicate whether or not you have had a heart attack. That's why they "leave you lying there." Usually it's more than an hour and a half... it's closer to four or five hours all together. An x-ray is also part of the drill. My late H had this experience several times, my bf had it once, and I've even gone through it twice.
If you are close to the doc, see if you can get him to tell your H he must stop drinking. I had no luck with this when my bf was in the hospital for quad bypass surgery. No one wanted to go out on a limb and tell him that drinking 12 beers every night was a bad thing. You might have better luck if you know the doc. (Bf did stop drinking when I put my foot down.)
