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So when I went to the ER late fri. night they were swamped and the doc didn't see me til almost 4 hrs. after I'd been admitted...the doc comes in and says sorry, blah blah...she looks in my ears and says looks like you have a slight ear infection...you have a lot of wax in one ear and the other just looks bad. OK. She says: we'll run some tests and tells the nurse to give me meds in the IV. Nurse doesn't bother and leaves...later on the dr. comes back again and says I'm sorry, the nurse didn't think you needed the meds and went home since her shift was over...I'm going to try to get the new nurse to do it...so eventually the new chick comes in and does it. Well it gets busy again and the dr. never comes back in. The new nurse was like your tests are fine so you can go. I say to the nurse, the dr. said my ears looked like they had an infection do I get any medication? She says, she didn't prescribe anything and since YOU have no health insurance I don't see why it matters...the tech who was in taking my food tray said when the nurse left: You should write a letter to the hospital board, that lady can't talk to you like that...I said, that doesn't bother me, what bothers me is the fact that the nurse ignored my question about meds. The tech says push the call button and ask again. So I did..nurse comes back in and says the dr. said she didn't see the need to give you meds so, off you go. She gives me discharge papers and leaves...nothing on the papers about a 'script but if I have an ear infection you would think I would get some meds, right? Maybe I will try caling and see if I can talk to the dr. who saw me. Just frustrated because I am still dizzy and not feeling good. blah.