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In other states, such as Texas, freestanding ER's are everywhere. You can bet the hospital staff and nurses' unions are behind the opposition and that hospital administrators are worried about their bottom line, not the patients' welfare.

First of all, it's a walk-in clinic; anyone who's been to a hospital ER knows that if you walk in with a minor injury, you may sit there for hours if there are more serious cases ahead of you- having a freestanding ER would alleviate some of the pressure on hospital ER's; also, if you're transported by rescue / ambulance for an emergency, you are still going to a hospital.

Never mind that many residents of West Warwick do not own a vehicle and having an ER nearby would be more convenient than getting to KCMC; the hospitals want to keep their monopoly under the guise of their concern for the patient- at least Dr. Crillo was honest enough to say that Neighbors would hurt their "bottom line".

The tone of this article seems to indicate that Kelcy, and by association the Beacon, side with the hospitals and not the patients.