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Outside the PBMC ER this afternoon

PBMC needs hospital annex because ER is ‘at capacity,’ hospital official tells Riverhead Planning Board

by Dec 19, 2014
Wait times can be more than 6 hours long at PBMC's ER, which sees 38,000 patients a year, according to hospital officials. The strain on the ER can be relieved by treating less serious cases at the proposed annex.