I would like to voice my concerns over the lack of care during my stay so far.
I'm in 6b infectious disease ward. Admitted here a few days ago.
Advised of symptoms being excruciating bloody diarrhoea, can't hold down any food. I'm also very sensitive to dairy of any kind and high acidic juices.
Every meal so far was loaded with dairy, regularly receiving milk products, whole milk, juices.
I've raised 5 times that I can't eat any of this food and was told this would be corrected.
Now my dinner arrived and again, juice and high dairy loaded meal.
Raised with a junior nurse who seems one to finally care as they checked my file and said there was no mention of me raising this previously. Also, they were concerned as I believe the doctor is supposed to advise on the food I eat due to ongoing health issues and risk of aggregating my condition.
Appears now after 2 full days on hardly any food to eat it will be reviewed the next day and a dietician sent up.
Day 1 here I asked for my fluids to be refilled as my IV bag was out and had been for an hour and I got increasingly weak and dizzy due to loss of fluids from frequent bowel movements.
Took 2 more hours and asking 3 nurses until it got finally changed over.
I would think nearly 20 different people have come and gone since the night I was admitted, asking the same questions over and over. Making the same assumptions over and over and I keep repeatedly telling them that I've already answered all this and it should be on my file. But seems in my opinion, nothing gets recorded here. I feel it is a waste of taxpayer money and hospital resources if you ask me.
Why don't the nurses just record things so the next person has some records to go by? They come in empty-handed, no pen or paper and I believe by the time they return to station they would forget what they were told anyway.
I feel utterly disappointed. This stay is not coming out of my private health insurance. That's for sure.
"Stay in ward 6B"
About: St George Hospital / 6B Respiratory St George Hospital 6B Respiratory Kogarah 2217
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