From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:05:27 -0400, Ed P  wrote:   
      
   >On 10/27/2025 5:41 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I've never seen an ER that wasn't attached to a hospital.   
   >>   
   >> Google tells me there are a couple freestanding ERs about 20 miles   
   >> away from my house.  There are two hospitals much closer; the   
   >> one I prefer is 5 miles from my house.  The Urgent Care is about   
   >> 7 miles away.   
   >>   
   >   
   >This morning I notice another Urgent Care in a nearby shopping plaza.   
   >   
   >Living in the  northeast, I never saw an ER not in a hospital.  Seems   
   >popular here, especially with new housing popping up.  One just opened   
   >about 10 miles in the other direction.  In the past 6 years, hundreds of   
   >new houses went up in that area.   
      
      
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