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Public hospital mixed wards includes breast cancer surgery patients
I have been concerned about mixed wards for a while now and many of the pubic hospitals will place breast cancer surgery patients in mixed wards.. It seems to be across the board, no matter what surge...
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Oh my god I have such mixed feeling about this. When our oldest son was 18y.o he was in hospital for a week with an MRSA infection in his hand & had two surgeries to clean it out. For the first couple of days he was in a room with a women in her 70's. he is a pretty chilled kid & was polite etc but still felt uncomfortable. He was happy once they diagnosed the MRSA & they isolated him in a single room.
The best room mate I have had in the 10 years & probably 5 or 6 multi night stints was actually when I had the Lat Dorsi surgery & was in for about 7 or 8 nights. I had a young fellow who had either a broken back or pelvis after a mountain bike accident, He was quiet, kept his headphone in for tv ( so did I) he couldn't get out of bed, so the bathroom was all mine !! & whilst the curtain was closed most of the time because I was not particularly well or chatty while vomiting for 2 days; once I felt a bit better he was great, his visitors were quiet & respectful & we chatted occassionally about crashes off bikes
(kids....not me!)
Carmel
The best room mate I have had in the 10 years & probably 5 or 6 multi night stints was actually when I had the Lat Dorsi surgery & was in for about 7 or 8 nights. I had a young fellow who had either a broken back or pelvis after a mountain bike accident, He was quiet, kept his headphone in for tv ( so did I) he couldn't get out of bed, so the bathroom was all mine !! & whilst the curtain was closed most of the time because I was not particularly well or chatty while vomiting for 2 days; once I felt a bit better he was great, his visitors were quiet & respectful & we chatted occassionally about crashes off bikes
(kids....not me!)
Carmel