"Wound clinic"

I care for a friend, indigenous (with an intellectual disability) on a disabled pension, in the first instance they refused to see my friend citing an event that occurred 6 years prior for a completely different wound.

After contacting Hospital Governance & the Qld Health Ombudsman, they agreed to treat them… this is supposedly a “public” hospital. 

After some treatment which has improved my friend's situation, they once again are discharging them from their care in spite of the fact their leg is still not 100%. 

It seems to me the excuse is 'we don't have the resources to treat chronic conditions'. I fear my friend will ultimately lose their leg due to inadequate care. 

In my opinion, what an abysmal situation when a public hospital won’t treat them. I feel it’s no wonder indigenous people have such poor medical outcomes here in Qld. 

I fear for my friend and had previously had some success dealing with Hospital governance but here we are, a few months later & here we go again. My friend literally has no-one to whom they can turn, I negotiated the my aged care to finally get them a level 4 package so they have some financial support to be able to get some nursing from Bolton Clarke, their care provider. Twice a week. As you can see, I believe the leg requires much more attention than that.

In my opinion, the whole system is to blame, in the first place being as my friend was refused NDIS. I tried for a response to no avail. I feel my friend is definitely one who fell through the cracks.