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Vinca

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3. Wish I'd had a MedBed yesterday. After a few weeks of a backache that wouldn't go away, but finally
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:00 PM
Sep 30

localized, I thought I had a kidney stone. Called the practice that is my primary care provider, and it seems they only treat people when they aren't sick. Not enough doctors. They suggested I go to an urgent care place. I went to the urgent care place, and they told me they had no imaging on site because the radiologist left and to go to the ER. I got to the ER about 11 a.m. and sat in the waiting room for 3 hours before getting in. Once in, the understaffed facility took about 3 hours to diagnose me, treat me and send me on my way with a prescription. Kidney infection. A MedBed would have taken care of that in a couple of minutes.

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