I felt that patients coming in for care could have been told that because their fast-track department was not open they would have extended wait times instead of being told that they were full and that people were waiting. It was people in front of me that had been there overnight and I was over there overnight into the morning and I was in a lot of pain and the reason why I didn't feel safe is because the other patients that were in the facility that were already there had been waiting extended periods of time. They had obvious needs like being redetermined for their vitals. There was vomiting. There were patients that were obviously in pain and were asking questions. They were so weak. They had been waiting there so long. They probably were hungry. They definitely just
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