At the time of writing this story I've been up since early morning it's now the afternoon. When i got up I had a glass if water and attended to my 7 month old and around an hour later I was exercising and hurt my back. I couldn't move without extreme pain in my back so i went to the hospital.
Arrived at and got seen by the doctor around 2 hours later. I took a urine sample and they done tests and they assessed me and said I've sprained my back, pulled a muscle and got told to go home and rest.
I went to coles to get some panadol for pain relief and as I was leaving I got really bad nausea and light headed so I called the emergency department and spoke to the nurse I seen and they said yeh that doesn't sound normal, come back if you feel like you need to.
So second time back it's mid-morning and got told there's 3 people in front of me. Around 2 and a half hours later the whole waiting room is filled with different people to when i arrived. I go to see how long and told there's still 2 people ahead of me. One in the waiting room and one in the ambulance on the way and if i go, i lose my spot. I have no one in town that can go get me something to eat, my partner is home with our two kids and ive got the car. My parent is out of town and my grandparent is too old.
And now apart from my back pain i am starting to get hunger pains! Its been over 3 hours in the waiting area the second time! I understand there is a system to follow but surely they can be more helpful.
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About: Swan Hill District Hospital / Emergency Department Swan Hill District Hospital Emergency Department Swan Hill 3585
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