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Hospital efficiency cuts and VIP care satire in emergency department

April 6, 2026r/medicalschool

In r/medicalschool, satire about a hospital CEO waiting in his own ER contrasts public messaging with the expectation of VIP fast tracking and staffing pressures from efficiency cuts.

Hospital CEO Steve Shaw samples his ER after injury from a yacht accident.
He is still waiting to be seen by the attending, who unfortunately has been relieved of their duties due to hospital efficiency cuts.
What would really happen is the hospital admin coming down to the ER to break everyones balls about prioritizing and expediting Mr Shaw's intake and tests
promptly and immediately admitting him to the general wards on the 12th floor with a killer view of the city and the chief of orthopedics personally managing his health
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