Came out this afternoon after a week in Victoria Hospital.
Unforunately I now have to self isolate for 14 days as another patient on my Bay tested positive yesterday for COVID19.
Hopefully I haven't caught the virus, but I'm not taking any chances with my family.
The staff on my ward were absolutely fantastic. Their job has been made so much more difficult by having to change their gloves and plastic aprons every time they deal with a different patient, and when they have to flit from one patient to another and then back to the original patient they have to change their PPE every time! But they do all of this with great professionalism and care.
Very elderly patients were confused and scared, but the staff were so understanding with them. They took great care to contact close relatives with iphones etc, and organise facetime calls for these patients via a dedicated ward smart phone. I guess that some of them weren't even aware of what facetime was, and it was wonderful to see their reactions when they could see their relatives.
By the very nature of wards layouts I can see infections rising rapidly now, and I'm glad I came out when I did.
I'd have to be really ill to even contemplate going back in at the present!
Unforunately I now have to self isolate for 14 days as another patient on my Bay tested positive yesterday for COVID19.
Hopefully I haven't caught the virus, but I'm not taking any chances with my family.
The staff on my ward were absolutely fantastic. Their job has been made so much more difficult by having to change their gloves and plastic aprons every time they deal with a different patient, and when they have to flit from one patient to another and then back to the original patient they have to change their PPE every time! But they do all of this with great professionalism and care.
Very elderly patients were confused and scared, but the staff were so understanding with them. They took great care to contact close relatives with iphones etc, and organise facetime calls for these patients via a dedicated ward smart phone. I guess that some of them weren't even aware of what facetime was, and it was wonderful to see their reactions when they could see their relatives.
By the very nature of wards layouts I can see infections rising rapidly now, and I'm glad I came out when I did.
I'd have to be really ill to even contemplate going back in at the present!