Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm

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Chaos in hospitals leaves patients abandoned for hours. Iammotos / Shutterstock.com

Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine these patients need to be admitted to the hospital, they often wait for hours — sometimes more than a day — in the ER in pain and discomfort, not getting enough food or…