[It's just a scratch: Boston-area emergency rooms experienced significant slowdowns last fall when the Red Sox were in the playoffs, according to a study published by the Annals of Emergency Medicine.] I have no idea where the patients go, but they don't come into the ER, ... The heart attacks, the strokes, they will come no matter what's going on. The patient with pneumonia, the patient with an asthma attack will say, 'Maybe I can ride this out at home.'  -   Alasdair Conn     Quotes
[It's just a scratch: Boston-area emergency rooms experienced significant slowdowns last fall when the Red Sox were in the playoffs, according to a study published by the Annals of Emergency Medicine.] I have no idea where the patients go, but they don't come into the ER, ... The heart attacks, the strokes, they will come no matter what's going on. The patient with pneumonia, the patient with an asthma attack will say, 'Maybe I can ride this out at home.' Alasdair Conn
 Boston