State orders hospital ERs to halt 'diversions'
Bid to ease overcrowding seen to sometimes delay care
The state has ordered Massachusetts hospitals to stop turning away ambulances when their emergency rooms are overcrowded, a decades-old practice that can delay treatment and has upset patients denied care at their usual hospitals. (Full article: 853 words)
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