Rage in Progress

Thursday, May 21, 2009 Onderon
It's been a while since I last posted something of my own here and unfortunately I don't have any good news this time. As you can tell from the title this post is about me raging.

At Australian public hospitals.

Shit service and substandard quality. Back in '08 sometime during the Pope's visit I took my grandfather to Concord Hospital for an examination which he booked a few months before hand and we arrived and registered at the ward by 10:30 AM which was 30mins early so we waited...and waited and waited till 1:30 PM. By this time I was ready to express myself with none to0 few expletives about what I think of the staff but before I got ready the F-bomb they hurriedly ushered my grandfather into one of those beds and pulled the blinds around and I was back to waiting. I finished watching the Pope's speech on the dodgy TV in the waiting room and it was about 5PM and one of the nurse came out to tell me that my grandfather wanted to speak to me. Here I was thinking that fracking finally I get to go home but DUN DUN DUN he was still lieing on the bed and I was like WTF dude ( ok maybe I didn't say that) when he told me the nurses and shit who was suppose to be carrying out the whatever they was suppose to do was just standing to the side chatting the whole fricken 4hrs it took the Pope to declare shit in 50 different languages. So anyways *insert epic battle music and censored violent battle* after some more hassle we made it out of there by 8:45PM. I kid you not it takes 10hrs just for a public hospital to carry out a small examination. I wasn't planning on staying for so long since I thought I would be in and out within the hr but by the time I realised how much time went by half my day was over so there was no point in leaving just to come back later to pick up my grandfather.

And today I went to St George Hospital (another public one) cos my grandfather had a minor fainting spell the day before and I was told that I can come pick him up by 4:30PM. So being the good grandson *lawl* I got there on time and everything and long story short we got out by 5:30PM. Sounds ok doesn't it? well NO F*CKING WAY! We waited 1 bloody hr for a doctor to write up a letter so my grandfather can give it to his family doctor. Seriously how long does it take to write up a 5 line letter? Did you by chance not speak and write english and it took so long cos you took some english lessons with Dr. DU? cos I'm sorry to say by I can a shit faster than that and I can assure you it will be longer than 5 lines.

Rage more.

7 comments: Rage in Progress

Cameron said...
May 21, 2009 at 7:58 PM

heh were you in the emergency ward? I remember waiting with my brother when he got a gashed leg for about 4 hrs and that was at 1am. I blame it on damned old people going to the hospital for stuff like colds (a medical centre is for that fools!). still, as bad as it is, everyone ive talked to says australia's health care system is better than that overseas.

dozy said...
May 21, 2009 at 8:19 PM

yeh. If u don't have private health insurance in america and its not a life-threatening-drop-dead-now-thing u've got, be prepared to wait 6+ months to get it treated.

i agree though, 1 hour for 5 lines is >.>"

KOALA said...
May 21, 2009 at 9:21 PM

+ you cant read what they write

T0fu said...
May 22, 2009 at 12:06 AM

wow i thought sum would be in private sector .. rofl

Onderon said...
May 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM

this was my grandfather not me

Gaze said...
May 23, 2009 at 12:27 AM

aptly named - patients

but its true, thats just what you get for having a cheap medical system that everyone can access, EVERYONE DOES FUCKING ACCESS AND YOU GOTTA WAIT IN LINE. no perfect world out there..

Gaze said...
May 23, 2009 at 12:27 AM

sorry about previous comment, it sounded like i was on the doctor's side, i reckon its full of shit too, but no way around it.

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