My parent has an abdominal Aneurysm that is being monitored. Recently, they were having stabbing pains in their abdomen and needed an urgent scan to rule out the aneurysm. I had to drive my parent to Bunbury hospital for an urgent CT. Of course there were road works and slow vehicles on our 1hr 20min drive. (Ambulances where all busy).
Luckily it was not the aneurysm.
I believe Manjimup Hospital has room for a CT machine? As a service town, and the closest CT machines are 1hr20min away, why does Manjimup not have a CT machine! how much less stress I believe a lot of people would have! difference between life or death for some people.
We also then had an interesting trip home, as my parent was given a strong pain killer for the pain. They ended up reacting to this and halfway back to Bridgetown passed out and vomited at the same time in the car.. as I was trying to pull over carefully. I got my parent back to Bridgetown hospital eventually, where they looked after them well.
I believe all this could have been avoided if the machine was local.
My parentis fine now and back to work.
"Needing a CT machine closer to Manjimup"
About: Bridgetown Hospital / Emergency Department Bridgetown Hospital Emergency Department Bridgetown 6255 Bunbury Hospital Bunbury Hospital Bunbury 6230
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