As nurses and doctors worked to resuscitate a man passed out on the linoleum floor of the UCSF Parnassus Medical Center waiting room, the words of a patient waiting to be seen pierced through: “We’re all going to die here.”
The man who fainted had come to the hospital, located between Mt. Sutro and Golden Gate Park, in the fall of 2025 after losing consciousness. It’s one of U.S. News’ 20 best hospitals in the nation. He thought he was in good hands.
A nurse evaluated him when he first arrived at the emergency room, according to multiple eyewitness accounts shared with Mission Local.
He then waited for hours to be seen. When he finally stood up to tell the receptionist he was feeling worse, he fainted again. The doctors did not have a bed or room for him, so they treated him right there on the ground.
