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| Moose checks into Alaska hospital emergency room |
| 2005-07-01 |
| Anchorage, Alaska - The emergency room at Alaska Regional Hospital has seen just about everything, but nobody was prepared for the patient who dropped in this morning. We take diversity seriously here. It was about 6:30 a.m. and a young moose decided to check into the ER. The scene was caught on the hospital’s security camera. Check out the link for video cam action. Dr. Don Hudson was on duty at the time. The videotape shows him taking a quick look at the patient, then wisely going for a second opinion. ER show, Alaska version. The moose spent more than a minute inside the emergency room, then quietly left the way it came in. Took one look at the intimidating pile of forms and said, "Ima outa here." Alaska Regional says that, although the moose did not have insurance, they were prepared to give him a complete medical screening. However, no provision was ever made in Medicaid for moose, so it appears that there would be an insurmountable problem in permitting treatment. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #10 Heh. Rocky. Heh. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-01 19:08 |
| #9 no squirrel? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-01 19:01 |
| #8 Perhaps another Canadian sick of the waiting lists? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-01 18:18 |
| #7 Maybe he was hiding from Tom Biscardi? (BTW, if he drops in... y'all didn't see me, OK?) |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2005-07-01 18:17 |
| #6 Forgot his Blue Shield card. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-07-01 17:45 |
| #5 :) You wouldn't happen to be an Agent, would ya, Pappy? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-01 16:48 |
| #4 Moose likely looked at the wait. Likely seeked a kindly farier. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-01 16:21 |
| #3 Ecktually, it's the Hartford that has the hart. Travellers has/had an umbrella. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-07-01 15:59 |
| #2 Well, mebbe he has Travelers Insurance and forgot he was a moose instead of an elk for a few moments. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-01 15:57 |
| #1 Woops! Should have been Page 3, Short Attention Span Theatre. Editors: please move. Sorry for the screwup. done |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-07-01 14:54 |