https://paulnystrom.com/tags/night-doc/Recent content in Night Doc on Paul NystromHugoen-usSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/expecting-a-specialist/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/expecting-a-specialist/<p>If you go to the ER expecting to see a specialist, go during the day. Your odds are a little better than at night. Very rarely do specialists come to the ER in the middle of the night. The rest of Big Medicine—besides the ER—does not really operate 24/7. Yes, at large hospitals, there are always many specialists on call. But it takes a real emergency for them to actually come to the ER.</p>