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"They always say people aged over 50 shouldn't climb ladders - they are right!"

About: Box Hill Hospital / Emergency Department MIA Radiology

(as the patient),

I was up a ladder, slipped and I fell to the ground with severe pain in my back. An ambulance was called & I was brought to the emergency department at Box Hill.

I was first treated in the emergency department and after x-rays & scans I was moved to the short stay area where I stayed until a bed became available at the Austin hospital the following evening.

I would especially like to thank the staff who looked after me in the short stay department - Catherine (afternoon shifts), Kath (night shifts) & Sarah (morning shift).

They always say people aged over 50 shouldn't climb ladders - they are right!

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Response from Alan Lilly, Chief Executive, Eastern Health 9 years ago
Alan Lilly
Chief Executive,
Eastern Health
Submitted on 20/07/2015 at 6:19 AM
Published on Care Opinion at 9:49 AM


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Dear POJUL05

Many thanks for your email and for sharing the story of you experience at Box Hill Hospital (including MIA), before you were transferred to the Austin Hospital.

I think your advice for people more than 50 years old climbing ladders is in fact true and of course, when it's just a "quick job" in the house or in the garden, it's easy not to heed that advice.

However, I am really delighted to read that you received good care and I will be sure to pass this feedback on to our front line staff and their managers including special mentions to Catherine, Kath and Sarah.

In the meantime, I hope that you are recovering well and be sure to heed that advice next time the thought of climbing a ladder goes through your mind!

Kind regards, Alan Lilly

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