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"Uncomfortable waiting in emergency"

About: Mudgee Health Service

(as the patient),

I was sat in waiting room for hours not being able to sit properly. With bad rib pain right side while pregnant went up saying it’s getting worse, I recall I was told  “I’ll see what I can do” was sat back down still nothing an hour and a half later while it seemed everyone was being seen, even people after me?! everyone before me was already seen.

Went up again after waiting so long and realising they were taking other people in that were after, while I was in pain near in tears. I recall I was told, if you haven’t seen there’s been a few ambulances come through, I said I’ve come up saying it’s getting worse can barely breathe because of the pain but just sat for hours in a chair I could barely sit in with pain. Mind you I understand there was at least 4 drs on! So much for duty of care.

Everytime I go to ed it’s always 3+hours longest wait I’ve had is 12 hours! I wasn’t doing that again in agony so I left! I went there for help not being able to deal with it from when I woke up, but then sitting there more uncomfortable then I originally was I feel what’s the point. I felt just forgotten about basically.  

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