Praise for NSW public hospitals

Larryp (Laurie) · #1 13-07-2013, 05:54 PM

I want to heap some praise on the staff of Bankstown Hospital and R.P.A, as well as the ambulance service after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday night.
All concerned were thoroughly professional, skilled and carried out their tasks in a friendly and relaxing manner.
We hear so much bad about the public hospital system, but for emergency treatment, they are superb.

Derek Klepp · #2 13-07-2013, 06:02 PM

Hope alls well Larry or as good as it can be.Mt better half works in that profession and I must say they all do a great job.
Cheers Derek

Steffen · #3 13-07-2013, 06:08 PM

Crikey Laurie, that doesn't sound good, I hope you recover soon!

Cheers
Steffen.

Kunama · #4 13-07-2013, 06:12 PM

Hey Laurie, glad you are ok, I agree with you about the professionalism of medical staff. They really ought to be paid more for what they do. Its sad that our society pays hundreds of thousands a year to thugs to run around an oval kicking a ball about but the people that are there to save our lives are paid like second class citizens.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #5 13-07-2013, 06:30 PM

sorry to hear about this. But I totally agree. When the chips are down, our Health Service is top notch.
I hope you soon get on top of this set back. xo

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #6 13-07-2013, 06:43 PM

Your having a ruff trot Laurie!

Keep you spirits up mate,

hope to see you bounce back soon!

Cheers,

Justin.

Barrykgerdes · #7 13-07-2013, 07:13 PM

I recently spent two weeks including 3 days in ICU in another hospital, Blacktown that always seems to get unwarrented criticism. I found them very professional and hard working. The meals were excellent. I even had my computer, Wifi and a wireless modem.

When I was in the ICU I told the nurse that I did not want a bed bath but would be happy to have a shower. She met my request and gave me a good scrub down under the shower. Lovelly! and she was a pretty good looker!

Barry

GrahamL · #8 13-07-2013, 07:39 PM

Barry

h0ughy (David) · #9 13-07-2013, 08:00 PM

hope your health improves Laurie

Larryp (Laurie) · #10 13-07-2013, 08:22 PM

Thanks for your kind thoughts, everyone-they are much appreciated

Its amazing how hard these people work-I saw one nurse in Bankstown Hospital work at least 15 hours straight, and she was just as cheerful at the end-guess she must have been covering for someone else.
You are right, Matt-they definitely should be paid more money.

DJT (David) · #11 13-07-2013, 08:42 PM

Larry

Great to see you on your metal and sharing the praise. Hope your recovery goes well.

She who controls the purse strings has had a couple of encounters with the emergency system in NSW in the last couple of years and as ex poms we cannot praise the system here highly enough irrespective of politics. Nursing is a vocation and the salary payers leverage that which is bad form.

Wishing you well

brian nordstrom (As avatar) · #12 14-07-2013, 12:41 PM

That is not nice to hear Laurie , hope you spring back from this fast mate .

and keep up the good work here .
And yes Matt , there is definatly something wrong in the way wealth is being distributed in the world today , my X is a nurse and she works horrendous hours for a pittance , its disgusting

when sports stars (?? ) get millions , bu!!sh!t it is .

RickS (Rick) · #13 14-07-2013, 12:53 PM

Glad to hear you are OK, Laurie!

RobF (Rob) · #14 14-07-2013, 01:13 PM

Get well soon Laurie! Amazing what they can do for MI now when they get on top of it early. Sounds like you're in good hands.

Rob

pvelez (Pete) · #15 14-07-2013, 01:19 PM

Sorry to hear that you had to call on the hospital system in this way. That said, you are in good hands.

+1 to the Blacktown hospital staff. They treated my elderly Mum a few years back in ICU - professional, considerate and above all understanding at a difficult time. Any pollie that recommends a pay rise for nurses has my vote

Pete

Larryp (Laurie) · #16 14-07-2013, 03:16 PM

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts

allan gould · #17 14-07-2013, 03:44 PM

Keep well Laurie and I hope you recover swiftly
Allan

bigjoe (JOSEPH) · #18 14-07-2013, 04:11 PM

Hi Laurie Wishing you a a speedy recovery. My brother is a prof in gastro there at rpa and yes nurses etc, they all work horrendous hours he tells me, for a pittance when two bob celebrities get money for basically nothin.Wheres the equity in this world.Dont let anything get you down ol cobber as youve got plenty of mates right here, ready to support you in any way we can.Cheers my friend.

Stardrifter_WA · #19 14-07-2013, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larryp

I want to heap some praise on the staff of Bankstown Hospital and R.P.A, as well as the ambulance service after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday night.
All concerned were thoroughly professional, skilled and carried out their tasks in a friendly and relaxing manner.
We hear so much bad about the public hospital system, but for emergency treatment, they are superb.

Hi Laurie,

Sorry to hear your unwell and happy to hear that they got to you quickly.

I know what you mean about public hospitals. When I had a very bad MVA in 1999, the public system in WA were brilliant, even right through the recovery period of 13 years. Had my last op at the beginning of this year. And again, they were brilliant, apart from one doctor, when I had a stroke two years ago.

Although we sometimes hear about the bad things that these hospitals do, we rarely hear about the many good things they do. I am alive (I actually stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated) only thanks to the efforts of the emergency personnel.

Slow and unwieldy the system may seem sometimes, but they are certainly there when you really need them. I have nothing but praise for all of them.

Hope you get better soon.

Cheers Peter

Starless (Brian) · #20 14-07-2013, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kunama

Hey Laurie, glad you are ok, I agree with you about the professionalism of medical staff. They really ought to be paid more for what they do. Its sad that our society pays hundreds of thousands a year to thugs to run around an oval kicking a ball about but the people that are there to save our lives are paid like second class citizens.

Could'nt agree more.

The state govt here can spend millions on upgrading a football field and
putting in "infrastucture" designed to funnel the crowd from the football
game over to the casino.
But they sack nurses and have ambulances queued up outside casuality departments and don't have enough hospital beds to meet demand.

I was an RN in a previous life and left the profession to work as a rigger and scaffolder.
Made much better money and had less responsibility.