As emergency rooms struggle to keep up with the omicron variant, they’re also contending with a stream of frustrated people looking for
With retailers short of at-home tests and wait times at many urgent care centers and doctor’s offices stretching for hours, those with mild or even non-existent virus symptoms have slammed ERs looking for anywhere that might have a test.
“A lot of people are pretty frustrated at long lines at testing centers. I get that. But they are coming to the ER and adding to the fray,” said Melisa Lai-Becker, an emergency physician and head of ...