Assistant Admin Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | I think this is very irresponsible of the hospital/department/doctor to leave patients in this predicament. I don't know if Dana Farber has an ER, our hospital here doesn't. But the ER at any other hospital can contact the doctors at Dana Farber for you and get you some treatment. If I were you, I would get on the phone and make a lot of noise irrespective of whether the ER is involved or not.
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