My young child had been sick since after school one day recently. The next day, still had a temp but not too bad . The day after that, morning my child had deteriorated. We were on way to a GP but they started vomiting in the car on highway, lethargic complaining of head and neck pain so I decided to take them to the hospital instead .
They were held down to have a RAT done even though they previously had Covid so in my opinion, no point in what I feel to be the torture of this. This was quite distressing .
My child was febrile on arrival to ED - pulse running a bit quick, pale, lethargic complaining of feeling not right, headache. Triage nurse was great - saying I had done the right thing bringing my child in. Given neurofen and told to wait.
Couple hours sitting a doc came out - 2 second look at my child - put Emla on their arm for a blood test (never came back for this).
Over 3 hrs waiting did some more obs.
My child slept on the waiting room chairs for over an hour as so tired and no energy.
Just before the 4 hrs of waiting was up, they requested a urine sample . Attempted a blood sugar which failed causing severe distress to my child.
They tested their sample said it’s clear then sent us home. No formal assessment by the doctor - I felt the care factor was zero .
I alerted them to child's history of seizures when sick where they needed resuscitating as a baby .
ED doc said not to bring my child back just for a temperature, said not to take to my GP either unless a temp over 40 for a week. 😡
I heard them say to other patients they had no beds - they were assessing patients in the waiting room - no privacy/confidentiality given.
In my opinion, lack of care over a young child was disgusting .
"Lack of care"
About: Bunbury Hospital / Emergency Department Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department Bunbury 6230
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