Emory Emergency Medicine Professor on ER Dangers Part 2

By Denis O'Hayer

Atlanta, GA – This week, the Obama administration is mobilizing to introduce its health care reform bill.Last week, a new report from the Government Accountability warned the nation's emergency rooms remain crowded and it's getting worse. Doctor Arthur Kellerman is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University Medical School. In Part 2 of a conversation he told WABE's Denis O'Hayer the ER backup comes from patients who've already been admitted but are kept in ER beds, until regular rooms open up.