Add a second hospital in Sandy or Paleto
Suggestion Description
Add a second hospital to the map, in either Sandy Shores or Paleto Bay.
Reason
One of the key reasons the Northern part of the map is under utilized and rarely sees any traffic is that if you go down, you are forced to travel all the way back to Pillbox Medical for treatment.
If you go down while in Paleto or Sandy or the surrounding areas, you need EMS/PD/a friend or if you're extremely lucky a random passer-by to stop what they're doing and drive all the way to you and then back to the city which can be an extremely lengthy process and disruptive to whatever RP was already going on. It's a deceptively long trip, to the point where EMS or PD will even bring out helicopters to airlift people back to the hospital because its such an unpleasant experience shuttling people back and forth.
By having a hospital in the Northern part of the map that problem is entirely alleviated. As far as staffing - EMS could choose to staff either site or both sites if they have an influx of numbers. Or if the desire is to only staff a single hospital, a second set of staff could be recruited for it (similar to how PD have multiple departments). If there are insufficient EMS to staff both at the time (maybe multiple injured at both sites and only a handful of EMS available), then the Northern one could just use the local doctor for check-in / treatment.
I think if there is a serious desire to improve RP in the north (which there seems to be with all the businesses popping up there) having a hospital is a key stepping stone to making that a reality, no one wants to spend 10-15 minutes getting there just to go down and spend another 40 minutes getting transported/treated/transported back.
Additional Context
I've gone down up North to some legitimate things and then some random stuff (getting hit by a local who's going nuts on Great Ocean HWY or falling off a BMX and dying) and every time the worst part is having to drive all the way back to the city, get treated and then drive all the way back.
There are multiple police stations, car rentals, mechanic shops, gas stations, 24/7s and restaurants around the map with a lot of them up north to fulfil convenience and stop people from having to trek back and forth to the city - it makes sense for medical services to be added to that list as well.
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Comments6
Flawws
Aug 14, 2023
This suggestion has been accepted and will be implemented soon
Anonymous User
Aug 9, 2023
I do EMS RP on the server so I can give that perspective. I would love a second hospital up north but being able to manage it with the low numbers we have right now will take resources away from Pillbox that we don't have to spare.
To answer some of your points:
You have to hope a passer by finds you in order to get medical and not disturb your rp.
1) We have the same issue in the city where people rely on passerbys sometimes and people buy medical supplies. That money helps fund the hospital. 2) When there are so few ems, we can't go out to all calls as going to calls isn't the only rp we do, just like ping chasing isn't the only cop rp out there. Thats why we already have Nancy and local doctors. 3) Not being found can still create a different kind of rp after you wake up via a local doctor.
EMS airlifts back to the hospital because its unpleasant.
1) We airlift because of the terrain of the location we're called to. The helicopter will be the best choice vehicle in that instance.
2) Airlift happens depending on if the call is highly critical, so we get there quicker. So there is some truth there.
3) We airlift to Pillbox, because realistically as a big hospital that has a trauma center (other than Mount zonah) it will have the resources you need to treat severe injuries like a car crash unlike Paleto Bay medical which is a small center. That's if we want to go down the more realistic rp direction for emergencies.
EMS could have multiple departments and grow their staff.
We currently do have 2 departments (Paramedical and in house doctors), we are working on refining this but please be aware EMS rp always has lower numbers. This takes time to grow and maintain but we have some exciting changes coming that I believe will lead to growth.
I don't see how it's useful from an RP standpoint to open up an MLO up north and have it run by a local doctor where you check in. That's not a good use of developer resources and doesn't enable support RP betweens medics and civs, it just gives you a shorter trip to the hospital.
This is definitely a 'down the road' idea and one we have discussed internally.
Callz
Aug 3, 2023
We had a second hospital in Sandy some time ago. This will most likely be something to bring up IC tho :)
kevbroseph
Aug 3, 2023
And this is the reason why my character that lives in Sandy has an "excessive" amount of first aid kits and bandages.
TwoBirds2222
Aug 3, 2023
We really need this
radstars
Aug 2, 2023
I could not a agree more with this any more than I do. It is super hard to RP in the north at times as there is a lot of elements up there that will result in you going down such as animals, mountains and crazy locals. With that it can be an absolute chore to have to drive to the city and back and would be way more convenient if there was a simple local there or even Pillbox could staff it possibly