I was just going to post something from a while back (I just got home after two days without my comp...)

The boy was treated at Children's Hospital....when an Ambulance takes you, you go to the Emergency room, and from theren they refer you to the next place if they see a problem....and most hospitals have dentists and/or dental clinices that I know of....clearly Children's does...and that would have most likley for their area been the hospital the Ambulance would have taken them too.

There are plenty of safe places in DC and PG county and MoCo to play....believe me...I grew up here....I came with my friends and hung around in DC till midnight (usually the mall) as a kid....it was never a problem...totolly safe....while there are some parts of the city that arent...its really easy and safe to jump on the metro or bus to go somewhere else.

oh, also, 4 hours is nothing in those hospitals - Washington Hospital Center, VA Hospital, Children's and NRH are all connected....and they all take in ALOT of people...I have seen people come into the eye clinic at WHC and wait well over that because such a large number of people come in...its what happens when you run low cost / free clinics.