NBC News ran a story on a hospital emergency room will see you in 33 minutes or your exam is free:
NBC’s “Today” show focused on Green Bay and Madison on Monday in a segment on medical emergency rooms offering speedy service guarantees. “Today” said “perhaps the most generous offer” came from the Aurora Bay Care Medical Center in Green Bay, where a patient’s care is started in 33 minutes or less – or the exam is free, up to $400.
Aurora physician Dr. Steve Stroman was quoted: “I love it when patients say to me, ‘I came in and no one was here’ because the waiting room was empty.” Since Aurora Bay ER started the 33-minute guarantee last summer, business has increased about 10 percent. And out of 8,000 cases, the center has missed the 33-minute guarantee only twice.
I think quick medical care is a good idea, especially when it is on all those waiting in line in front of you.
I wish some local places would guarantee quick service. I remember a time not long ago when a post office sign said customers waiting more than five minutes would receive a free stamp. Too bad that offer disappeared, for these days I’d be getting a free stamp every time I went there.