
    In a busy emergency room, given a list of patient data where each entry contains both an urgency score and estimated wait time in minutes, determine the urgency score of the patient who has the shortest projected wait time. This information is crucial for optimizing patient care and resource allocation during peak hours in the emergency department.
    

    
from operator import itemgetter

def index_minimum(test_list):
    """
    In a busy emergency room, given a list of patient data where each entry contains both an urgency score and estimated wait time in minutes, determine the urgency score of the patient who has the shortest projected wait time. This information is crucial for optimizing patient care and resource allocation during peak hours in the emergency department.
    

    """
from operator import itemgetter

def index_minimum(test_list):
    """
    In a busy emergency room, given a list of patient data where each entry contains both an urgency score and estimated wait time in minutes, determine the urgency score of the patient who has the shortest projected wait time. This information is crucial for optimizing patient care and resource allocation during peak hours in the emergency department.
    

    """
    res = min(test_list, key=itemgetter(1))[0]
    return res