New Prince George's Hospital Receives Complaints of 'Inexcusable' Wait Times, Inadequate Staffing
A little more than six weeks after the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center opened in Largo, patients are complaining of long wait times in the emergency room and inadequate staffing. The hospital called the waits inexcusable, but said an unexpected surge in patients is a big part of the problem.
After much political maneuvering and hundreds of millions of dollars, Prince George's County opened a new state of the art hospital in June. When News4 began receiving complaints, Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins asked people to share their experiences at the hospital on Facebook.
She received more than 60 comments.
One woman said that she waited for three hours in the emergency room when she took her mother in for care. Another said she waited 96 hours in the emergency room before being admitted.
One woman who told her story was Sydni Fantroy, who was transported by ambulance to the new hospital's emergency department after being attacked by a dog in July.
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