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"Shared room as a private patient"

About: Osborne Park Hospital Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

(as the patient),

A few months ago weeks ago I was admitted I had cancer melanoma and lesions in my spinal cord which made me paralysed from the waist down. I was admitted to sir Charles Gairdner hospital and I agreed to being admitted as a private patient.

I was put in a room with 6 other people. While I was there, I heard another patient coughing a lot. So I said to the staff member, they sound like they have covid, do they have it? And the staff member said no no they don't.

Well anyway, a few days later I get transferred to Osbourne Park hospital and they diagnose me with covid. So I get put into a private room for a week, and then after that I get moved into a shared room again.

My issue is, I was admitted as a private patient so why didn’t I get a private room? The only time I ever got a private room was when I had covid. I only said to go through as a private patient to help the hospital and also so I could have a private room, but I didn’t even get one. I also tried to speak with the coordinator over the phone but because of their heavy accent I couldn’t understand a word they were saying!

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Response from Jodi Graham, Executive Director, SCGOPHCG, Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group 11 months ago
Jodi Graham
Executive Director, SCGOPHCG,
Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Submitted on 3/07/2024 at 5:03 PM
Published on Care Opinion Australia on 4/07/2024 at 9:57 AM


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Dear intensityfd57,

Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your recent experience at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Osborne Park Hospital.

I acknowledge how disappointing and frustrating it must have been to be in a shared room as a private patient. While we endeavour to try to accommodate private patients requests for a single room, this is not always possible due to the clinical needs of our patients. We are committed to providing single rooms for private patients whenever possible.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback.

Kind regards,

Jodi Graham

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