ed trip prompts school talk A trip to ED is never fun, but for nine-year-old Lucy, who paid a visit to Royal North Shore for a ‘bonk on the head’, it inspired her school speech. relief when told you can go home.
“Although hospitals might be scary to other people, it isn’t scary to me, my visit to the hospital was as good as it could be because of the kind well-trained people and great facilities at RNSH,” Lucy wrote. “Anything that you might need for treatment to make you better is included, no extra costs except parking
The Beauty Point Public School student was asked to write a speech about an issue close to her to give to her peers, and she chose her hospital experience. Lucy gave her classmates a brief rundown of what happens when arriving at Emergency, the tests she had to have as well as the
and mummy’s coffee. “How lucky are we?”
Lucy gives the thumbs up after a bump on the head
letter lauds patient care at Hornsby Hospital A letter of appreciation was received from a woman who had recently given birth at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital. The birth was complicated by a post-partum haemorrhage. “Four weeks ago, I gave birth to our beautiful daughter. I was under the wonderful care receive excellent care from our Midwife, and all the Midwives in the labour room, nursery and on the ward, the Obstetric, Anaesthetic, and ICU Drs and Nurses, but that each staff member we came across was so professional, caring and compassionate. Everyone made an effort to give us the extra care and
the follow-up period. The fast-acting Midwives and Obstetric Team Doctors, the Emergency, ICU and Anaesthetic teams in the labour room then Operating Theatre for getting me, and my husband, through this event. The Midwives in the nursery caring for our daughter who would bring her over to ICU every few hours and help me to feed and cuddle her. The kind and caring ICU Doctors and Nurses, and the supportive and nurturing midwives on the Maternity Ward who helped us with feeding and took the time to talk to me and to make sure my husband and I were OK. We have nothing but praise for the entire hospital, and it is important to us that this is made known to everyone who helped us, and to the upper management.” -Name withheld by request.
of a Midwife in the Group Midwifery Practice (GMP). Shortly after our baby was born, I experienced a severe postpartum haemorrhage in the labour room. I was then taken to the Operating Theatre and had an overnight stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for monitoring. I am a Paediatric Intensive Care nurse with a background in anaesthetics. Whilst my recollection of the event is hazy, with my background I knew enough to know that my condition was serious, but also that I was getting all the care I needed. We feel that not only did I
support that we needed when we were feeling fragile after the event. While events like this may be witnessed by the staff on a regular basis, from an outside perspective we felt that the care and support we received was extraordinary. The whole of Hornsby Hospital seems to have a real community team feel and approach. We would like to acknowledge the hard work and care of: Our GMP Midwife, who showed personal care and professionalism from our very first meeting, displayed calm and professional care during the labour and compassion in
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