After arriving in the ER there were no seats left. Found 2 wheelchairs in the hall after being…read morethere for 15 minutes we decided to sit there. With the amount of people it was going to be a wait. The nurse in the front er was fine with it. About 2 hours later Beverly decides we need to find an empty seat. She said it was a fire hazard. Ok? This whole place is a fire hazard, people stacked on top of eachother in the waiting room. You can't even get 6 inches of space from someone else in the waiting room. Rubbing elbows, literally. Later I was standing against the wall. An ER tech placed wheelchairs where we were previously sitting. I said to her Beverly said you can't have wheel chairs there because it's a fire hazard. Her response was that the fire marshal had already been thru recently. LMAO You might be on to something with this fire hazard business, Beverly. You don't have enough room or seating for the amount of people that are in your waiting room due to you having higher than the national average wait times. You need to knock a wall out and expand or something.I did some reading on hospital fire hazards. Wheelchairs, beds, in hallways are indeed considered fire hazards in hospitals. I wonder why the fire Marshall gives you a passing grade? Kalamzoo fire dept has different guidelines? Head scratcher for sure lmao Are they not showing up randomly? Many people end up in the ER because Bronson primary care doctors can't get you in the same day, next day, or even the same week. You have 2 Drs.You fired speaking up on this right now. So you end up in the ER for things your fast care and your urgent care can't treat. Related Side note, I once took my son in 2022 to Bronson fast care. He had an infected sebaceous cyst in his arm pit. We checked in and sat down. Wasn't long after they called him to the desk asked him to show them his armpit right there. He lifted up his shirt showed them. They said they can't treat that. No privacy for patients? I assume they thought he had monkeybpox as that was going around at that time. Mass hysteria from Bronson employees. Told us to go to the ER. We went down the road to borgess urgent care they took him in and diagnosed him with an infected sebaceous gland. Not only that they also referred him to a dermatologist to have it looked at in the future. Borgess has it's issues but I'll tell ya what they will take you in no matter what's going on with ya lol. This is why your ER is packed. Your fast cares turns things away they could treat. Doctors need openings to see established patients within a couple days for things. I know I can't get into my primary care for weeks if I ask. The consensus from the people speaking up for the 2 pediatricians that were fired, they are not getting appointments for their children for urgent matters for 5 days or more. You want your patients to rely on the ER and fast cares. Yet they are full beyond your ability to give care in a reasonable time. You know what makes me laugh at the ridiculousness, when the ER, or fast care provider tells you to follow up with your primary care LMAO. If they had time we'd go there in the first place. Back to the fire hazard. I will attach photos of what I read about the state laws on hospitals and fire hazards that fire marshals should be noting. If you don't have the money to expand your ER, which I doubt, ask for donors. Borgess, Core Health all have donors that help facilitate the necesssary equipment, buildings needed to give care to their communities. Person in the ER came to bring food to their loved one that had been in the ER in a room since the day before. Why haven't they been admitted, moved upstairs. Do you not have the rooms, staff, upstairs? Are you utilizing the entire hospital or is there not enough staff to do that? You need more physicians. Thank you to the Dr and staff that helped me when I got a room. Also the nurse and the couple staff in the front er that were kind. Remember majority of Bronsons problems could be solved by expanding the ER, adding more physicians so doctors can do their jobs treating their patients, leaving some slots in their day for existing patients to be seen when they need it. Also, your wait times to see specialists is ridiculous, I was quoted six months to see endocrinology and I don't get a Dr I get to see an NP. You need more physicians. Bill Manns-CEO James Liggins Jr-Chair-Lawyer Micheal Odar-Vice chair Randall Eberts-Secretary States your hallways need to be clear to allow the passing of 2 beds. https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/the-physical-environment/means-of-egress/clinical-impact/

Because I have chronic pancreatitis I am a frequent visitor to not only the er, but the hospital…read morefloors. the er can get pretty busy with extraordinary wait times, especially on Monday afternoons and Friday evenings (Like hours). They do cone around and check everyone every two h when it's like that though and take back the most serious cases first. I have occasionally had issues with er doctors not taking my pain or symptoms seriousl, (I'm a woman), but for the most part, they are great. The hospital stays have been wonderful. I see a doctor every day and the nurses are great. 10/10