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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

Emergency, as per the all-knowing Webster, is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. Furthermore, an emergency is also defined as an urgent need for assistance or relief. To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." Broken bones.

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

In every part of Canada, in every province, there are not enough doctors. In our city of Victoria, for instance, many people do not have a family doctor because so many doctors have retired; those who are left are unable to take new patients because their lists are full.