Praise for NSW public hospitals

[Octane (Humayun)]

Rest up, Laurie.

Hope you get back to your best soon!

I have nothing but praise for Blacktown Hospital, as well.

All the best, mate.

H

[Forgey (Paula)]

Sorry to hear your not well Laurie
I have never been to Bankstown hospital but I praise the Public Health System. I had my heart attack 4 years ago and I got nothing but the best of care from all who were looking after me. I had half a blocked artery and 2 clots in my heart. Everyone was so shocked I (was 28 at the time) had a heart attack.
And in march this year I got a blood clot in my arm and ended up in hospital and had to have surgery to remove it and again I got the best of care.
If it wasn't for them I wouldn't be here today.

Positive thoughts Laurie, hope you get better real soon

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Laurie hope you have a good speedy recovery,bankstown hospital is very good I know my wife was rushed in there 7mths pregnant with a burst appendix and my first daughter was born there they are great
AL

[GrahamL]

hope you get well soon Laurie

My experience with the system a couple of years back was one I try and forget,presented at my local hospital in actute pain and was scheduled to be moved to the local regional hospital some 25 kms away as the local one has long had its wards closed for budgetary reasons , the regional hospital though had 38 waiting admission that night so all halls and ambulances in the carpark were well full, moved there the next day , the ambos that moved me were bought in from a long way to deal with the overload , spent the afternoon in the back of the ambulance then the a@e then to a hallway and eventually sometime that night into an orthopedic ward as all the surgical beds were full, getting pain relief in the following days was at times very hard as the staff had to , while trying to do there job in the ward they were working in take my chart to the surgical ward to get the duty doctor there to authorise another shot of morphine , I can't stress how good the people are who were working in this situation and making it work the best they can , but wow they really shouldn't have to.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Thanks everyone for your concern and best wishes. Its nice to see others with positive experiences of the public health system too. I guess when we see first hand, the efficient and competent way the doctors, nurses and ambos handle their jobs, we have a much greater appreciation of the service they provide.

[naskies (Dave)]

Glad to read that you're still with us, Laurie! Good luck with the recovery.

[Ric]

Hi Laurie

Good to hear your on the mend, get well soon.

No disco dancing for a while though.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Thanks Dave and Ric

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Laurie, glad to hear you are up and about so soon. Like everyone else here I can't praise hospital staff enough. I know I've mentioned this before but my sister is a RN so I hear about what they have to put up with and they do do a great job. However the funding to hospitals is far too little. Wollongong typically has 2-3 vacant beds in the whole hospital - they couldn't handle a minivan crash - and nurse to patient ratios in practice are never what they are in theory.