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Originally Posted by David
I had one a couple months ago. I had to wait over 2 hours past my appointment time. Seeing how only one person (an elderly woman) didn't go in while I was there and came out minutes before I went in, I'm assuming the lady had all sorts of issues getting the MRI. Which begs the question, why not give everyone a Valium before they get one?
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If scanned in a hospital, the numbers of people unable to lay flat and/or remain still for a scan duration is significant. As age and disease advances, capabilities wane and the rate of "unable" goes up. People needing a scan in a hospital can require IV sedation or general anesthesia which adds a lot of time in a best case scenario. Also, there are urgent/emergent scans which only make all the schedules necessarily messy. Lastly, staffing for hospitals is largely the wild, wild west today so that also contributes to problems. Good times.