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Posted By shudderrf95

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About: Geraldton Hospital

(as a relative),

My young grandchild had severe stomach pains for 3 days in Geraldton Regional Hospital. Apparently, the government doesn't fund an emergency sonographer so they have left them without having an emergency ultrasound.

What government does this to the Midwest's biggest hospital, that children need to be flown to Perth for an emergency ultrasound. In my opinion, this is absolutely disgusting that Geraldton Regional Hospital hasn't got an emergency sonographer on board.

Please hear my plea because I believe this will happen to a lot of us if we don't get an emergency sonographer available ASAP. Our government needs to wake up and start putting money into regional resources.

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Response from Liz Kelly, A/Coordinator Executive Services, WA Country Health Service Midwest 3 years ago
Liz Kelly
A/Coordinator Executive Services,
WA Country Health Service Midwest

Submitted on 28/05/2020 at 1:06 PM
Published on Care Opinion at 1:43 PM

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Dear shudderrf95,

I was concerned to hear about your grandchild needing to go to Perth for an ultrasound and acknowledge the further stress this would have caused your family at this time. WACHS-Midwest aims to provide high-quality, compassionate care as close to home as possible and I am sincerely sorry about the difficulties you experienced.

We would really like the opportunity to explore the concerns that you have raised. So that we can do this, we would greatly appreciate it if you could contact Derek Fraser who is the Operations Manager on 9956 2369 or at derek.fraser@health.wa.gov.au. Please also feel free to contact me, Liz Kelly, on 9956 8724 or at liz.kelly@health.wa.gov.au.

WACHS Midwest is genuinely committed to listening and learning from the experiences of our patients and their families and would welcome your call. We can maintain your anonymity if you wish.

I hope your grandchild is now on the road to recovery.

Regards,

Liz Kelly

A/Coordinator Executive Services

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