They do... in my area. Have multiple family and friends who work at the largest hospital here. The are often just looking for pain pills, day off of work, etc....
This is true. Usually on Friday's we get a large influx of patients in the 20'3-30's that are looking for a 3 day weekend. They usually claim 'severe back pain'. They get there around 6am. Their vital signs are always stable. B.P. always normal (if you are in pain... your B.P. is always very very high) and they rate their pain at a 10 without any tears, labored breathing or true signs of physical pain.
They get a script for Ibuprofin which they don't care. They just want a doctor's note so they can present to their boss. Whites are usually guilty of that.
Coloreds come in for ANYTHING. A hangnail (I've seen it), a cough, a cold, headache, stomach ache. Whatever. I honestly believe they come in because they literally have nothing better to do. At the ER they get a tv in their room. Unlimited phone use (they all need to use the phone) a few meals and if they are lucky medicine prescribed to them. Some of them know the system so well they know which attending doctor is working on which day and which shift. They know damn well doctor so and so ONLY prescribes Ibuprofren. They know who will prescribe Norco or Vicodin. It's insane.
Not a day goes by we don't have to call security to escort a colored out because they don't want to leave or they need to make one more call or want one more tray.
It is refreshing to hear the black doctors or black nurses say behind closed doors or under their breathe how much they can't stand these 'sparklin wiggles'. I never heard a white doctor or white nurse say anything like that.
- Block!
