supercity88
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What was wonderful once is falling rapidly into disrepair.
It needs a thorough review by capable and qualified people, to get a grasp on the numerous issues and the funding black hole that exists.
From serving inedible food that ends up in the bin, to the lack of internal communication between departments, it's a joke. My Mum had to go to two different hospitals for her treatment, getting passed between surgeons and oncologists who never seemed to communicate. She would ring one hospital secretary to be told the oncologist was at the other hospital that day, to then ring the other hospital and be told he was actually at his private hospital.
My wife has private healthcare through her work, and largely to ensure I can get regular checks due to the fact cancer has seen my Mum and two of her sisters die in the past 2 years in their 60s. She went for a scan recently and it was an instant result and within 24 hours they had scheduled the follow up meeting to discuss a plan of action moving forwards.
My Mum would have a scan and by the time results would come back she'd be in hospital for something else. It was farcical and it's costing lives sadly.
I hope they can find a way of saving it, but sadly it seems they'd rather privatise elements rather than spend money carrying out a significant review at cost wastage and coming up with better systems to move things forward. In this day and age, still relying on hand written notes is crazy.
At one point my Mum was visited by a nurse who proceeded to carry out a check of her breasts for lumps. The only issue being she was in due to bowel cancer and had survived breast cancer over a decade earlier and had a double mastectomy! Not too sure what they were checking for!
It needs a thorough review by capable and qualified people, to get a grasp on the numerous issues and the funding black hole that exists.
From serving inedible food that ends up in the bin, to the lack of internal communication between departments, it's a joke. My Mum had to go to two different hospitals for her treatment, getting passed between surgeons and oncologists who never seemed to communicate. She would ring one hospital secretary to be told the oncologist was at the other hospital that day, to then ring the other hospital and be told he was actually at his private hospital.
My wife has private healthcare through her work, and largely to ensure I can get regular checks due to the fact cancer has seen my Mum and two of her sisters die in the past 2 years in their 60s. She went for a scan recently and it was an instant result and within 24 hours they had scheduled the follow up meeting to discuss a plan of action moving forwards.
My Mum would have a scan and by the time results would come back she'd be in hospital for something else. It was farcical and it's costing lives sadly.
I hope they can find a way of saving it, but sadly it seems they'd rather privatise elements rather than spend money carrying out a significant review at cost wastage and coming up with better systems to move things forward. In this day and age, still relying on hand written notes is crazy.
At one point my Mum was visited by a nurse who proceeded to carry out a check of her breasts for lumps. The only issue being she was in due to bowel cancer and had survived breast cancer over a decade earlier and had a double mastectomy! Not too sure what they were checking for!
