"Volunteers at Fiona Stanley Hospital"

In my experience, hospitals, such as Fiona Stanley Hospital, are large establishments and really do prove to problematic in regard to navigating around from Car Parks to Outpatient Clinics. The distances to be coverred are not small, especially if one is ill or experiencing mobility issues.

Usually, if at all possible, I use Telehealth services to good effect, however, there are occassions when I need to be prodded and probed, more like scans and imaging.

Recently I needed to attend at the Hospital to attend mulitple appointments, a thanks you here to the clinicians for organising the visit to reduce the number of visits required. It was with some trepidation that I set off to the hospital concerned how I was going to navigate the hospital, I needed a wheelchair to move from the car park to the clinic; clinic to the cafes ( I was there all day) and then a return to the car park.

I need not have worried, after making a contact with a staff member with a telephone in front of them, A call went out to the Volunteers at the hospital who would would quickly 'appear' to take me where I needed to go. My day was 'made easy'.

A big thank you for the Volunteers who helped me. I feel this is an example of the importance of the work the Volunteers undertake. I believe they should be seen as the 'lubricant' of the hospital, helping keeping the hospital running.