Well, you never want to be in hospital but it's good to know other's experiences (e.g. if…read moreoutpatient & you have some choice in where you go!). A close family member was dealt with wonderfully by the ED and later ICU staff. It was a long 6 weeks for all involved but I can't thank them enough - he pulled through! Specialist appointments depend on who you see - for me so far so good. Loses a star for rabbit warren layout (I usually get lost) & dilapidated wards in some areas... hope wards have improved since 2007.

I still can't believe you hospital hired a predator as a cardiologist…read more Despite undiagnosed PTSD I had in previous years I sought out full prenatal care for my son born healthy in 2022 and despite doing all that was needed to keep him. And an appeal used to block a court ordered win of reunification of my older son. My son born healthy became only one of 200 babies taken at birth in hospitals like Flinders without a court order only under section 41 . That number has risen in the past 18 months, to 4 babies taken every week under section 41 without a court order from SA hospitals . I Was not given an iv during labor for pain relief or for any emergency medications. But an iv with oxytocin (a natural hormone) i produced during labor. As a distraction and to make it harder to hold my healthy infant son more after birth. Before he was taken to the neonatal unit for section 41 to be invoked. When i rang your head neonatal nurse to get updates on my son. I heard her emotionally abuse a polite nurse telling her don't tell the parents anything about their baby. There was no need for your head nurses emotional abuse of this nurse Who had not actually given out on any information on my own child to me. The treatment of Mom's who lose their babies to sec 41 at birth is discrimination as is abuse towards hospital staff who show kindness to Mom's who lose their infants to a section 41 at birth. At the time I made this call. My child should have been returned at this stage under sec 42 as it was past the time they had their sec 41 invoked with no court order. I have an autistic daughter who had tremors. .My family history is that of prem births, epilepsy and Autism . Your Indian neonatal doc while doing.an assessment on my healthy 5 pound 12 oz newborn with 9/9 apgars at birth who was being bottle fed. But being observed for being born at 36 weeks due to my advanced maternal age during pregnancy. This doctor had lied to me in his assumption he thought my son was exposed to drugs because he thought my son had tremors (mind you he didn't ask me for our family history of epilepsy and Autism.. ) Neither did he think reactions from a vaccine are also possible. After a heb b vaccine was given to my son. These symptoms of vaccine reactions can vary. From mild to moderate to severe reactions are always possible with vaccines. Why ask this question about possible drug exposure from tremors in front of me when not taking into account a family history of prem births, epilepsy and Autism? And the fact blood tests during full prenatal care show no proof of drug, alcohol or cig exposure in utero, not that i do these things anyway. Simply put it he was being judgemental as at this time my son was taken without a warrant under sec 41 where he should have been returned under sec 42 just days later Whilst not having prenatal care is not illegal.. I recommend prenatal care. My son who had full prenatal care had his records falsified a breach of the privacy act of 1988 (moms never give DCP your prenatal records, (they might use any minor issues or major issues in pregnancy not caused by you, against you. To form the opinion your an unfit mom. Staff can not give out your prenatal care also. Remember they may use anything against you. Take it to trial. It is illegal for them to use (perjury) about you or in breaches in privacy. If they say you didn't hold your infants head properly or you didn't support your infants neck properly. Demand they show the video footage in court stating their accusations of such things . If they can't provide such evidence let them know it is false accusation only . Remember if you've just discovered in the hospital nursery or on visits in DCP locked rooms with hard floors, no windows and no natural lighting (where your being observed through a two way mirror). That they do things a new way in regarding to feeding or changing etc. That it can't be used against you as you were not aware of these new changes until told otherwise. These are not signs of neglect or abuse and cannot not be used against you. Register the birth certificate yourself. They need it to pay the carers. Don't give it to DCP. Coercive control to hand over a birth certificate or have you agree on anything without informed consent of your legal rights is illegal. All contracting without informed consent is illegal. Good luck Mom's I wish you well and may you win back your child. Without the need to prosecute.

This hospital saved my life a few years back. I'm thankful that I can enjoy more moments with my…read morefamily due to the care I received. I also appreciate those who generously donate blood. Especially those who give multiple times, as I required several transfusions to recover. God bless all the doctors, nurses, and staff at hospitals globally, who work hard for the benefit of others. Your support means a lot.

Royal Adelaide Hospital 'Short Stay' Mental Health Ward…read more *Starts Bad And Gets Worse.* To start with, the airconditioning is Loud and is on, full blast, 24 / 7. There is apparently no way to turn it down or off. If you have sensory issues, or find it 'too' loud, you are offered headphones. (How you're supposed to sleep with headphones on, is never mentioned.) Talking of sleeping, the beds do not have anything resembling blankets. You have a sheet and a thin cover. Period. With a very cold AC on, 24 hrs a day. I know I wasn't the only one using towels for warmth. The sheets and towels are also only changed when a patient leaves. Most are apparently only detained for a few days or a week. Some however are there for weeks. One lady I got to know slightly was detained for 8 weeks. Did I mention the sheets are only changed when a patient leaves? That's right, 8 weeks with the same set of sheets... No real medical help, or even counselling, is offered. The 'hospital' is simply a short term detention facility for those with mental health issues. A place to put them until they are deemed to be sufficiently cowed (Or drugged) to be released into society once more. Basically, the adult equivalent of being sent to your room until you calm down. The laundry facilities - Should you be fortunate enough to have a change of clothes available. Not everyone does. - are locked. You need to find a nurse and ask permission to wash your clothes. Then you need to find a nurse once more so you can change them to the dryer - and again to retrieve things once they're dry. (If you don't retrieve them they're tossed into a basket out in the dining room for anyone to help themselves to.) Drugs, multiple times a day, are mandatory. If you try to refuse, you are physically held down, stripped and forcibly injected. (I am female. *Everything* below the waist was on view to the five (!) men in the room, the time it happened to me.) I was given a bag containing further drugs when I left. I did not 'ask' for these drugs and I did not 'want' them. I was told I was not allowed to leave the hospital without them. No mention of anything else was made. Imagine my surprise when I received a bill, a week or so later, in the mail, for the drugs I did not ask for or want... I won't go on about the legalized harassment that is called follow-up 'care' and basically consists of people turning up to question you, at home and work, at irregular intervals, several times a week for the next six weeks... Among other things, extremely embarassing, as they make no attempt at discretion. Overall an extremely unpleasant experience. Signed An ex-patient who is now scared to seek help for her problems because she is afraid of ending up back in 'hospital' again.

Great hospital with excellent staff. Provide good nursing care especially for ENT patientread more

Uncertain If this is the right Hospital but I got some Teeth removed here I was asleep and my teeth…read morehaven't grown back for a yearish and I want to know if thats normal but overall good hospital. Also I got a cool Teddy Bear!!!

I initially was very excitrd that my sister was getting transferred to WICC from QEH. There are…read moreensuite rooms and no visitation restrictions. Her room was nice and parking was no problem. All the nurses seemed nice as well. The only and the most important problem was the doctor who worked here. His name is Matthew Smith and he was so so lazy. He refused to do any paperwork necessary for my sister and at the end, he did not even review her at all. What a tertible lazy bastard. She ended up going to PMC and got necessary paperworks no problem.

I was rushed up there by ambulance in the early hours of Tuesday morning suffering in extreme pain…read moredue to my spinal injuries. I eventually left after 9.30am and never once was I seen by a doctor...???

Look, if you're here, you're here... and there's not much to be done about it until you're better…read more So here's Sean's handy guide to survive ward life, the food edition. The tea and coffee trolley comes around early in the morning. It serves international mud & over brewed grass. - ask for some hot water and pop in the tea bag you brought from home. The breakfast trolley will follow around soon, you'll need your wits about you if you want to eat, the staff delivering are quick and in rush. Be decisive. If you're the sleepy in kind (like me) leave a note standing on your table to remind you. There's the standard battery of cereals, muesli, tubs of youghrt, glasses of juice, and the real treat - jelly and custard. The jelly will serve you well come morning tea, so keep your spoon. As much as the warm milk and porridge options sound, just don't and thank me later. The hot meals of the day are very hit and miss, more miss than hit. Pie is not pie, it's just the loose filling. Quiche is a store bought bacon laden slice. Move your pencil away from the words 'steak' & 'roast', unless rubber, leather and cardboard are amongst your dietary needs. There's a 98% chance your hot meal came with what they call 'mash potato' it's a dry solid ball of carb and salt, use this to bulk out your meal, fill you up. DO NOT put it in your mouth without another flavour on your fork. Other vegetables are pleasantly cooked, and can be eaten with a small sprinkle of the salt n pepper for flavour. Be aware of any salad with meat, and think about what what on the menu yesterday, if the meat matches, it's up to you. Soup and bread will help you at the night meals, they aren't exciting, but they have flavour. Sandwiches are made with one of those nice Country style loaves and the real cheese slices. Now if your meal has arrived and there's not any chance you're eating it, get one of your visiting friends to pop down to the cafe downstairs. Be aware of really long wait times, and horribly inflated captive market prices. They'd almost be quicker to pop over to the plaza food court (and this will reset their parking ticket time too) Orderlies will keep you well watered with cordial and water, bendy straws too if you need them!

Your family friendly GP, Kingswood clinic has grown with the community in Hawthorn. With a group of…read morewarm and friendly GP's on board and helpful staff manning the reception, bringing the kids here for their check ups or occasional flu bug is always a pleasing experience. Some bonus points to note: They do home visits Lab tests on site Female doctors on board Wheelchair access with ramps and disabled toilets They do bulk billing

Ah, Kingswood Clinic. I am so glad Doctor Shanks has left this place, just quietly. Since I was a…read morelittle tacker this has been the local clinic that provided my siblings and I with all the antibiotics necessary when illness prevailed. Now in my adult life, on the rare occasion that I choose to visit a clinic this is the one I still stand by. It's convenient, its local and it is covered by Medicare. The staff are friendly and the Doctors for the most part (but not whole part) are great. Additionally I find Kingswood Clinic to be fairly efficient and unlike many other clinics, I have never found myself waiting long to see a Doctor. Having said that, it definitely helps to make an appointment prior to attending.

Nobody really wants to go to the Fracture Clinic at the Women's and Children's Hospital. However if…read moreyou do, you might appreciate a heads up on what to expect. My six-year-old fell off the monkey bars (as you do) on the last week of school before the summer holidays. Giving it was after hours, the Women's and Children's Hospital was our only option. At 5.30pm on a Tuesday afternoon, emergency was easy to negotiate - we were promptly sent to x-ray then back to emergency where we saw a paediatrician and nurse to talk it through the injury (a common buckle fracture) and he was given a half cast and sling. The following week when the swelling has gone down, we attended the Fracture Clinic on the ground floor of the Women's and Children's to have a full cast put on. I was made aware earlier that this place was quite busy and there could be a few hours wait - something every parent with a sick child looks forward to. The Paed also warned us that they may slap a plaster cast on for a conservative six weeks, even though it could possible have a lighter cast for a shorter time. Our appointment was for 2:10 shortly after the clinic open at 1:50 however the place was already packed and we had a 30 minute wait before being seen. Once we were taken through to the examining room everything moved fairly quickly. We saw the doctor for a quick five minute consult who advised we would only need a cast for a further three weeks and that a fibreglass waterproof cast was an option for this type of break. I can't express how happy I was given it was the school holidays and we had a beach holiday booked in January. The cast was put on quickly with no fuss and less than an hour after we had originally walked in, we were back out on the street heading home with no further costs thanks to our public health system. Given the inevitable chaos of the public hospital, the fracture clinic staff were all professional courteous and while it seemed disorganised and unstructured to start it was a relatively painless experience despite my anxiety.