
Really disappointed with the wait time for a fasted, four year old child. We sat in the main wait room, then a man arrived, sat opposite and played Indian cinema on his phone very loudly with no staff consideration. I was advised by the dentist there was no hospital excess gap fee to lay, that there was an arrangement with BUPA. On arrival I was charged a $500 gap fee. I paid without complaint and enquired with receptionist who didn’t understand the question and told me it was between me and BUPA.
We then sat in a stark waiting room- my daughter was delighted as was told it was a play room, there was some used A4 paper and 2-3 broken pencils under a play table wedged in the corner. We continued to wait. She was measured for her height by a nurse who did not ask her to have her heels against the wall or ankles together. She advised us to ‘not get too excited, there’s not much in there’ when ushering us to the play room. The place seemed empty and stark and maybe some psper could have been topped up for kids?
Post op was very upsetting and distressing for me. My daughter was in the recovery room with the sides up kicking, thrashing and screaming ‘owing, owie’ over and over again with her hands in her mouth a blood stained saliva truck.ing down her chin. We were accompanied by 2 nurses. No intervention was made, and they told me she wasn’t in pain. This was very distressing, at about 3:10 pm I was told to sit on a recliner and she was )laced in my lap, woozy, upset, combative. There was nothing I could do. I understand the facility shuts at 4:30, but it was not even 4pm when the nurses told my daughter she doesn’t have to wear shoes she can just leave. She was unsteady, unbalanced on her feet, she almost fell, she had blood all around her mouth and I left first the car park for an hour long trip home. Not convinced she was in a good discharge state and pulling over twice to check on her. Was there no post op analgesia charted for my daughter? I am a medical doctor and I can recognise when a child is in pain and needs treatment. She almost fell as we walked out she was unbalanced. For a $700 a aesthetic fee can a single post op dose of endone not be written up? It was very distressing to be at this hospital and seemed like we were the last there and everyone was just keen to go or gone. Are staff not able to call the anaesthetist or surgeon? I’ve never seen anything like it, and knowing how inappropriate this was made it a lot worse.
This did not appear to be a child friendly/ appropriate service. My daughter had her tonsils out 18 months ago at the Wesley. My sone had an ORIF for a fractured arm requiring surgery at both Mater Private, then St Andrew’s in Brisbane. All 3 were 10/10 compared to this facility, for dental treatment no less. I could not recommend to anyone.
Sincerely,
Dr L. G.
BSc MBBS FRACGP