The Waiting Room 2012

     This film takes place in an emergency hospital over a 24 hour period in Oakland, California.  Most of the patients are uninsured, some have jobs and some are unemployed.  They come here because they don’t have insurance and can’t get appointments with doctors.  Everyone waiting is sorted into categories based on how urgently they need to be seen.  One patient waited seven hours to get 500mg of an over-the-counter pain medication.  When patients with bullet wounds arrive at the hospital by ambulance, all the waiting patients are bumped and those bleeding are seen right away.  The staff and the doctors do the best they can with the resources they have.

     I’m very GLAD I have health insurance and I can go to a different emergency room serving fewer people.  I’m also very GLAD I can make an appointment for routine care or urgent care during the day.  Fortunately, this hospital is there for people to go for help them without insurance.  It takes more time to get seen but the workers still care as much as they can about each person.  3* (This movie is OK) 

81 min, Doc directed by Peter Nicks with Deja Bruce, Davelo Lujuan, Barbara Johnson, Eric Morgan, Carl Connelly, Cynthia Y. Johnson.

Note:  Imdb 6.7 out of 10, 100% critic 75% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Film Crave 1.75/4.