As a Veteran, I was instructed by telephone care t...
As a Veteran, I was instructed by telephone care to go to the Emergency Room with my complaints of a bronchial cough and present my VA ID card. They first had to do a Covid test and this as understandable. After waiting for the results of the Covid test (negative), the Doctor came in to tell me that the bronchitis I had was the result of a cold which I had had days before and I was not infectious at this point so antibiotics would do no good. He listened to my lower lungs which were clear. Not once did he look at my throat. I was coughing so hard, he had to repeat himself because I could not hear him while coughing. They gave me a nebulizer tratment and sent me home. This was just the beginning of the worst cold I have ever had. After 10 days, I still have this cold and cannot visit my Mother in Hospice care. Should I ever be in need of an Emergency Room again, I will drive to St Mary's.