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Caring effort shown by ER Doctor PCH - appreciated

Posted By correspondencejn36

"Caring effort shown by ER Doctor PCH - appreciated"

About: Perth Children's Hospital / Emergency Department

(as a parent/guardian),

I took my daughter to the ED at Perth Childrens Hospital following advice from a previous visit for suspected epilepsy after newly reoccurring symptoms, now more frequent. Several hours at PCH tested my endurance with my ex (the only burden in my opinion). During this time Dr Beau was consulting us & I felt, managing prioritised attendance to others needs with such professionalism & exceptional time management. Being aware of the 3-6month wait for diagnosis scan, I felt his above & beyond effort to follow up an eta & call advising me the following day was worth several hours subjected to being there with the ex.

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Response from Jane Valentine, Medical Co-Director, PCH, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Perth Children’s Hospital 14 months ago
Jane Valentine
Medical Co-Director, PCH, Child and Adolescent Health Service,
Perth Children’s Hospital

Submitted on 22/02/2023 at 8:50 PM
Published on Care Opinion on 23/02/2023 at 9:33 AM

Dear correspondencejn36,

Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful feedback about your experience at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) on Care Opinion.

We understand this must have been an incredibly worrying time for your family and we are so pleased to hear that you appreciate the standard of care that your daughter had received. I am pleased to hear about you feeling cared and advocated for by our ED doctor. We are very fortunate to have such committed and highly skilled health professionals at PCH who were able to provide the best care for your daughter.

Thank you for your kind words about the staff who cared for your daughter. I will certainly pass on your positive feedback.

I hope that your daughter’s scan has been arranged and her symptoms are being managed.

Thank you again for taking the time to provide your feedback. It is important that our health professionals know that their skill, dedication and hard work are appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Jane Valentine
Co-Director, Medical Services
Perth Children’s Hospital.

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Update posted by correspondencejn36 (a parent/guardian)

Unfortunately her scan appointment has been cancelled, however a face to face appointment has been scheduled following another ED attendance. I realise the immense strain that our health system is under at the moment, but appreciate & look forward to proceeding through with optimistic progress for management.

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