I absolutely appreciate that emergency rooms serve a function, but for those who are ill and waiting, or those just waiting for news of loved ones its a pretty dreary place. The only splash of a non-ugly colour was the red on the chair near the entrance with the blood-soaked towel that sat on it for three hours.
Its very crowded and the chairs were set up theatre style so you were always straining your neck to talk to anyone with you. There is no comfort to be found in the hard plastic chairs. I was thinking some cheery wallpaper or even some of those amazing cutouts you can stick on walls nowadays to create scenes. Something to look at that.