2/5 D.S. “Chunkie Pandas” W. 6 months ago on Google • 11 reviews
This
wasn't
a
good
experience.
It
was
my
first
visit
to
the
hospital
&
I
sincerely
hope
it
will
be
my
last,
as
it
was
my
worst
experience
in
over
thirty
years.
Initially
asked
to
arrive
at
6.30am,
we
chose
to
stay
in
a
hotel
nearby
the
night
before.
The
day
before
surgery
they
advised
me
my
time
for
arrival
would
now
be
8.30am.
Initial
contact
with
staff
was
excellent,
the
woman
who
helped
me
was
pleasant
and
understanding
of
my
need
for
a
support
person
due
to
chronic
mental
health/anxiety
issues.
She
asked
me
my
preference
regarding
a
room
and
I
explained
that
social
anxiety
is
a
big
issue
for
me,
and
I
would
far
prefer
to
be
in
a
private
room.
Once
I
got
into
the
day
surgery,
things
began
to
deteriorate.
The
only
interaction
I
had
with
staff
was
the
initial
paperwork/put
on
a
gown
part.
The
wait
ended
up
being
quite
long
but
not
once
did
staff
offer
a
reassuring
word,
or
advise
delays
had
affected
my
surgery
time.
In
fact,
if
my
husband
hadn't
been
there
and
taken
the
initiative
to
ask
not
just
once,
but
twice
as
suggested
times
came
and
went,
I
wouldn't
have
had
any
contact
from
staff
for
more
than
FOUR
hours.
Due
to
the
lateness
of
my
surgery
beginning
(finally
went
in
at
2.30pm)
my
husband
had
another
engagement
he
couldn't
get
out
of
so
had
to
leave
me,
despite
my
anxieties.
If
we'd
known
that
surgery
would
be
some
SIX
hours
after
we
arrived,
we
would
have
arranged
plans
differently
but
we'd
travelled
up
from
Bridgetown
for
this
surgery
and
in
many
years
I've
never
had
to
wait
so
long
to
be
taken
down
to
theatre.
We'd
figured
maybe
three
hours
or
so
waiting
time
and
were
frustrated
with
both
the
delay
and
the
lack
of
information
being
passed
on.
Surgery
itself
went
okay,
but
I
was
quite
disturbed
on
waking
to
find
myself
in
a
shared
room.
Not
being
willing
to
cause
a
fuss,
I
watched
as
one
woman
was
presumably
moved
to
a
private
room
and
assumed
that
I
would
be
moved
as
soon
as
it
was
possible
too.
No
such
luck.
I'm
telephone
phobic
so
ordering
my
own
meal
was
an
ordeal,
but
I
was
told
it
was
the
only
way
to
get
a
meal
as
I
had
to
order
my
own.
Thinking
that
it
better
be
worth
it,
I
finally
worked
up
the
courage
to
call
about
ten
minutes
before
ordering
finished.
Unfortunately,
the
meal
was
dreadful.
I
decided
on
porterhouse
steak
and
besides
having
a
big
lump
of
fat
in
the
centre
of
it,
the
steak
was
as
tough
as
old
boots
and
unpleasant
to
eat.
I
had
mashed
potatoes
and
vegetables
on
the
side,
both
of
which
were
average
but
at
least
hot.
The
cheesecake
I
ordered
for
dessert
would
probably
have
been
lovely
three
or
four
days
before,
but
it
definitely
had
the
taste
and
texture
of
a
cheesecake
which
was
well
past
it's
best
before
date.
The
final
event
which
made
me
determined
to
never
go
to
this
hospital
again?
At
11.44pm
the
other
lady
and
I
in
the
room
were
woken
by
an
elderly
Italian
lady
being
brought
into
the
room
as
she'd
come
through
the
emergency
department
with
a
broken
leg.
Besides
speaking
loudly
and
constantly,
she
shrieked,
wailed,
moaned
and
cried
throughout
the
entire
night.
The
hospital's
solution
to
this?
The
overnight
nurse
brought
me
a
pair
of
earplugs,
as
though
that
was
possibly
going
to
help.
The
woman
apparently
suffers
from
dementia
and
her
daughter
was
with
her,
and
while
I
totally
understand
this
was
a
difficult
situation,
I
wonder
why
with
the
costs
of
a
hospital
stay,
I
had
to
put
up
with
this.
Surely
somewhere
in
the
hospital
they
could
cater
for
patients
coming
in
in
the
middle
of
the
night
without
disrupting
other
patients?
All
in
all,
it
just
wasn't
good
enough
and
I'll
avoid
Hollywood
Private
Hospital
in
future.
In
fact,
I've
had
superior
treatment
in
public
hospitals
in
the
past
and
would
recommend
that
people
seriously
consider
what
they're
getting
themselves
into.
As
to
the
reason
I
gave
2
stars?
Because
some
of
the
staff
(the
lady
who
discharged
me,
the
lady
who
admitted
me
and
the
lovely
young
porter
from
Kalgoorlie
who
had
only
been
working
there
for
a
week)
went
above
and
beyond
with
their
pleasant
attitude
and
commitment
to
my
care.
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