Staying healthy may not always be easy.Unexpected tragedies may occur to an individual, and when you need help you go to the hospital and the first thing they will ask is "Do you have Insurance?" In "The woman who died in the waiting Room" by Jeenen Interland, it talks about a woman who feel out of her chair, and no one helped her while she perished. I agree with the statement "Public hospitals across the country have struggled to provide acute psychiatric care to the poor and uninsured since the early 1960's."
I have heard about people fainting in the emergency room in hospitals a couple of times. Esmin Green, a woman who collapsed in Brooklyn's largest psychiatric hospital died shortly after. This woman needed medical attention, but probably didn't have insurance so she was asked to wait. Hospitals don't have enough resources to keep up with the amount of sick and uninsured patients who come seeking assistance.
I read an article in the New York Times about a man in construction who had an accident. His arm was severed and he was losing a lot of blood. His crew member rushed him to the hospital,but he didn't have insurance so he needed to persevere his anguish until he would be treated. An hour had passed when he finally got called. He had his arm infected and they had to amputate more to prevent it from spreading. Had he been treated sooner the damages could have been minimal, now he cant work in construction anymore bringing turmoil on what he can do to support his family.
Hospitals need to treat patients as soon as possible regardless whether or not they have Insurance. Esmin Green died and the construction worker was left handicapped. There should be more funding for hospitals and more aware staff members to be aware of those in great need.
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