Examining use of hospitals

As they heard reports of the carnage from the Metrolink train collision, doctors at Northridge Hospital Medical Center - just eight miles from the crash site - waited anxiously for the first patients to arrive as they prepped for a long night. Susan Abram in the Daily News.

The wait went on for nearly two hours.

"We were alerted about (the collision) and were ready fast," said Dr. Stephen Jones, director of the emergency department. "It was to the point where when the first victim came in, we were on edge."