After the release media statement from the PM stating they are going to increase funding for people with eating disorders it was shocking to find they don't have beds in ER that lower enough to get onto. I had to strip off lean back over the edge of the bed , while staff looked at my lower abdomen. Would like to see all patients treated like this and see how they feel. I know there are beds that can be lower I was on one at Fiona Stanley recently for my child. The bed would not go lower than 80cm which when you have an injured knee and a swelling as large as a basket ball between your thighs and is hot and heavy and makes it difficult to walk this was an impossible task. To add to this the Doctors English was limited and I could not understand him and he could not understand me, is this appropriate in ER when communication is vital for quick diagnosis.
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