The staff ... like most hospitals,

triage patients and take them in order of medical emergency rather than

time of arrival. This can sometimes be frustrating when you feel that

you or your loved one [has] more [urgent needs] than the one sitting next

to you but he gets to go in first.

While sitting at the admitting

desk to fill out necessary paperwork to get my husband admitted, I just

wanted to stand up and shout, "Hey, there is a big empty room just

waiting to be filled with sick folks at the satellite ER down the way."

I could tell that some people

were in real distress and needed emergency aid, while there were others

who, although in need of medical attention, could have benefited greatly

If you have a life-threatening

illness or accident, by all means go straight to the emergency room at

the "big" hospital; but if you have a minor malady, ailment,

or injury, and it is between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. ... you would

be doing yourself a favor by trying out the new satellite minor emergency

room located at 105 Yorktown Dr. For when you have a real life-threatening

situation, the hospital, doctors and staff might not be overwhelmed while

the other minor emergency sits empty.

Patricia D. Walston

Fayetteville