"We're always very patient-conscious, and I'm sure that we took steps to ensure that no one was inconvenienced," she said, adding that if anyone had been turned away they would have been in stable enough condition to make it to another hospital. "The level 1 traumas wouldn't come to us, though, because they usually don't bring themselves in. Those are the most seriously injured people, and the most seriously injured people don't typically take themselves to the hospital."