I had a similar experience Bex. Crippling IBS pain. We went to the hospital at night, with my baby, who stayed asleep in her pushchair. I was left on a trolley for hours and given a bowel to vomit into. I was given medication for the pain that did absolutely nothing. Eventually I was just sent home. The doc in charge had such a smug, superior look on his face, it was clear he didn't give a toss about any of the people there, perhaps he thought they were faking or exaggerating, or just wasting his time or something.

Absolutely agree, don't go there unless you are dying. And that means obvious physical problems like you've been in a car crash.