Health crisis during a vacation getaway: How a dream trip can turn into a nightmare
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What happens if a health crisis occurs during a vacation getaway in a place with fewer hospital or medical resources than usual? Residents of a small island getaway shared thoughts.
Judy Meringer lives on Shelter Island in New York. It's a small island that offers a rural peaceful retreat — and its population is just over 3,200 people, according to the 2020 census. "The doctors don’t want to be out here all the time … [There's] a three-month wait due to demand." "We'd all have to travel back and forth over two hours a day to visit her if we opted to send her to the hip replacement specialist in another town." "Just because you are on vacation doesn’t mean you don’t get sick." Patient advocates said it's important for those who visit or live in small vacation areas to research local resources — and to know how to access needed health care services. Amy McGorry is a contributing health reporter for Fox News Digital. Follow her on Twitter @amymcgorry.
Tucked between the two forks of Long Island, the island is a vacation destination (as well as home) for scores of people. It's a roughly two-to-three-hour drive from New York City.
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