"Absolute disgrace"

Where do I begin… not the first terrible experience me and my spouse have had at this hospital. Couple of key things I’ve picked up on during my last visit, sat waiting in a bed for 3 hours for a dr to come see us after we’d already received our ultrasound results online, only to be told by a nurse they would probably discharge my spouse as they couldn’t figure out what was wrong, left me thinking (had we been keeping a bed from someone that really needed it) meanwhile we can hear the nurses standing at the desk discussing what they got up to on the weekend…

When the nurse finally came back to check on my spouse and administer more pain medication through an IV drip the nurse handling the cannula with their bare hands, no gloves, they didn’t bother to back flush the cannula before administering the medication, then proceeded to ask my spouse if anyone had put anything through it recently as they were getting resistance and couldn’t administer the pain medication.

These are just a few things I’ve picked up on this time, this would be about our 4th visit in 12 months to this hospital and every time the experience just gets worse. I believe nurses are pushing a pay rise and more government funding, well I think some big changes need to happen before more tax payers money goes into funding what I feel is such a terrible service. 

I would love for Bunbury regional hospital to reach out to me, even a sit down meeting to discuss all my concerns over the hospitals operations and see some actual change.