ER24B-C-08MAR02-LV-CG --- Maria Jimenez speaks with Dr. Robert Plenge, Medicine Resident at SF General, about the condition of her husband, Carlos Jimenez, who is being attended to by nurse, Dawn Blaney, after he suffered from an attack of pulmonary edema

ER24B-C-08MAR02-LV-CG --- Maria Jimenez speaks with Dr. Robert Plenge, Medicine Resident at SF General, about the condition of her husband, Carlos Jimenez, who is being attended to by nurse, Dawn Blaney, after he suffered from an attack of pulmonary edema that landed him in the emergency room at SF General. The Jimenezes have been living in the Mission District of San Francisco since just after they were married 51 years ago, having moved here from Mexico. A night at the emergency room of San Francisco General Hospital, on Friday night, March 8, 2002, in San Francisco, Ca. (CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ/SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) CAT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/MAGS OUT-NO SALES ALSO Ran on: 12-12-2004 Emergency-room drama: A woman speaks to a doctor (right) about her husband, being attended to by a nurse (left) in the emergency room of San Francisco General. Emergency-room staffing levels are a contentious issue for both nurses and hospital administrations. (Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)