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| - No visit to any sort of emergency medical facility is ever a pleasent one, and for the most part that's the reason people come to the Sheldon. That being said, if I'm not in serious risk of dying (which they aren't equipped to handle, and wouldn't simply fire me into an ambulance for anyway) I would always come here first. The process, while still slow (come on, it's an emergency room) tends to take about half the time of a real hospital, the nursing staff (with one or two notable exceptions - and trust me on the one or two, I worked there for a couple months, I know most of them BY NAME lol) are much more approachable and friendly, and due to it's relatively new presence, it's not nearly as busy... in fact, I've found people who live and/or work within blocks of this place, and don't even know it exists.
A perfect example was a few months ago when I injured my elbow. I went to the PLC and was told the wait would be somewhere between 6 to 8 hours because my case wasn't urgent enough... so I went downtown to the Chumir. I arrived just after 9pm, and by 10:30, I was in for X-Rays, and from there I was home within an hour. For an emergency room type setting, that sort of turn-around is AMAZING. Granted, I've seen it a lot busier, and at those times to expect that kind of turn around is far fetched, but I'd be willing to bet good money that on any given day you will have about half the wait time here you will in a major hospital, and that's being conservative.
The only thing keeping this from being a five star review is that, being downtown, there is a minor ammount of vagrancy. Especially at night, some of the areas drunks and homeless wander in for a place to get out of the elements, and can occasionally disturb the patients... but even then, the Chumir's security teams are among the best in the city, and are always on top of it.
All in all, I can't recommend this place highly enough for any medical issue. You'll get the same quality care (in 90% of cases) that you will at a major hospital, but you'll likely get it from a much friendlier face, and in about half the time.
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