Hervey Bay Hospital v Brisbane Royal Hospital
Recently I had cause to visit Hospital here in Hervey Bay with suspected heart problems and after a couple of days of being monitored it was decided by the lovely medical team I should be flown to Brisbane Royal Womens Hospital ( for male and female,but retained the name from a bygone era) utilizing the exceptionally brilliant Royal Flying Doctor and will be mentioned in my next blog. The HB hospital was fantastic except for one so called experienced nurse ( of a lot of years experience) was rather regimented and more concerned with tidying up and keeping patients under her strict control! Needless to say I had a wee bit of a run in ! All the other staff were absolutely brilliant and very professional on their respective duties
Royal Brisbane Hospital is HUGE and has all sorts of shops and food outlets within.It took 40 minutes to transport me via plane and from ward to ward ! Today, the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital is a 986 bed tertiary referral teaching hospital with a number of specialities including medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, psychiatry, oncology, trauma, obstetrics, gynaecology, gynae-oncology, urogynaecology, neonatology and community based / client oriented education services and women’s health services. The RBWH is the largest tertiary referral hospital in Queensland and provides services to patients from throughout the State, New South Wales, Northern Territory and from neighbouring countries in the South West Pacific. The hospital fulfils a significant teaching and research role with links to Queensland’s major tertiary institutions. In the main entrance the old wooden doors have been mounted and put on display as a reminder of bygone days
The reason for my visit is because for a few days I was experiencing minor tightness of my chest until 4 days later it was enough to confide in my wife Annie,who immediately dragged me off to Hospital !! Doctors examined me and after a couple of days observation they sent me to Brisbane via the Flying Doctors !! After more consultation and viewed by more Doctors I ever seen in my life !! (Strangely? ALL male too) I was sent for Heart inspection .Inspection is started by pushing a long wire from my groin into the heart !! Amazing stuff and at all times I was able to view the invasive wire via TVs that were strategically placed all my operating table ! It was a strange feeling that the surgeon was positioned around my groin whilst conducting the inspection on my heart !! Phew !! alls well and the 3 stents I had inserted 8 yrs ago are working perfectly BUT I do have a couple of small diseased heart arteries they pose NO threat except the small discomfort that got me into this position in the first place !! I loved and miss the times nurses came at 5 am,roused me from a very deep sleep and tesated BSL and Blood Pressure !! One nurse cracked up giggling because I asked if I was woken to get a sleeping pill!! I cannot say enough about staff from Domestic to Top Surgeon,they were ALL brilliant and the domestic lady who kept sneaking me cups of tea was lovely Thanks to you all !! Doctors told me that I was being silly by ignoring early signs AND if it is about the heart DO NOT hesitate to get it checked even if there is nothing wrong .Annie has been an absolute treasure thru out and I am very thanful she was around
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