Eye surgery patients recover in TV room

M.Ellul

Mar 12th 2009, 09:07

@mr. Charles Muscat..who said the following:
''Patients are still dying, lenghty delays, emergency hopeless "according to what you write".

Ok, let's say I agree with you re the lengthy delays, but let me remind you.......patients are to continue dying,no matter in which hospital they are ;)))

Miriam Ellul

Mar 12th 2009, 07:55

I remember times when patients had to recover in the 'korsija Sluice' which means the corridor next to the room where bedpans and urinals are kept and washed......one can imagine the smell and hygiene.... I would prefer the T.V. room and so do most of you I think!!

M.Fleri

Mar 11th 2009, 19:19

@Josette Mifsud
I am not disputing that the care giving out is second class in fact I know its first class as I have been a patient there. What I am bringing into disrupte is the fact that the new hospital which took many years to build and hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax payers money to build caters for less patients than St Lukes. I would have rather the goverenment invested more of the money in having more beds and employing more nurses than having a TFT over a bed. Why spend so much money on a state of the art hospital when it caters for less patients then our previous hospital. Things should have improved yet, we have the same amount of doctors, nurses are quiting and waiting lists are getting longer. There is no point in a good looking hospital if it cannot facilitate for a higher number of patients to be treated. Like myself and others who pay taxes and national insurance we should not have to wait years to have an operation simply becuase a hospital cannot take in patients.

josette mifsud

Mar 11th 2009, 17:22

M. Fleri, perhaps you and I and all of Malta should thank our lucky stars we have such a hospital! We as Maltese are always ready to put projects down, when the truth is it is just politics. Go abroad to other European countries and you will realise how lucky we are in Malta. I had the unfortunate opportunity to visit hospitals abroad and believe me the care we receive in Malta is first class! Let us all pull our sleeves and do our best for our tiny Malta!

Alfred Farrugia

Mar 11th 2009, 17:20

What minor eye operations are we talking about here? I have seen patients undergoing eye (laser) surgery in foreign clinics walk out immediately after surgery. If an eye surgery operation is successful, why does a patient have to stay in bed in a hospital instead of waiting for a few minutes before leaving?

What is wrong with staying a few minutes in a TV room if one is fine? Is there a better way of confirming that one has no problem seeing perfectly again? In most cases, after a minor eye operation, all that one needs is a pair of shades for a brief period to give time to the eyes to recover from the dilating eye drops!

Ingrid Jones-cameron

Mar 11th 2009, 15:37

I think there is a lack of planning here. An example is the otherrwise well oiled gynea ward where patients that are discharged still occupy their beds till well after noon whilst paTIENTS ADMITTED HAVE TO WAIT TILL LATE TO GET A BED AND SOME REST. they called in and out several times. FIRST TI PRESENT THE PAPERWORK, THAN FOR ecG AND OUT IN THE WAITING AREA AGAIUN. THAN AGAIN CALLED IN FOR BLOOD TESTS AND OUT AGAIN. FINALLY AROUND 1PM THEY MIGHT GET A BED...PEOPLE WAITING TO BE ADMITTED FOR AN OPERATION ARE NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH AND THE WAITING GAME DRAINS THEM OUT....pASTIENTS RELEASE SHOULD VACATE THEIR ROOM BY 11AM AFTER THE ROUNDS.

Ryan Dalli

Mar 11th 2009, 12:53

We were told, that with the amount of beds in Mater Dei, we are also covered if a big disaster happens - God forbid

albert leone ganado

Mar 11th 2009, 12:47

The hospital has now been in operation for almost two years. As happens in any organisation, management should now ,in the light of practical experience, conduct a comprehensive space utilisation review to decide where space is under-utilised and where there is overcrowding. In some instance this seems to have already been done
After such a review space can be reallocated and some buildings may need to be extended.

Charles Muscat

Mar 11th 2009, 12:27

I imagine Malta is like a one big happy family. Since you are all happy recovering in a corridor, St Luke's Hospital would have accomodate the same patients much cheaper. Spending all that money on a new hospital yet to know. Patients are still dying, lenghty delays, emergency hopeless "according to what you write". So where is the benefit of a state of the art multi million dollar hospital?

MS G HOARE

Mar 11th 2009, 11:47

I dont know why people are making such a big deal out of it waiting in a TV ROOM well my last operation in Gillingham Hospital in KENT UK after a major operation i was made waiting in the Corridor for 2 hours untill i come around from anistetic with other patiens , i have been to Mater Die and its a pretty clean Hospital until i seen how people in MALTA like to destroy purely because of politics to make shame of a goverment so they have somthing to critises about ,
@ M FLERI no matter what the goverment do even if he makes water dance for you , it would only be bad in your mind take the blinkers off and see the good life out there

Alfred Grech

Mar 11th 2009, 11:46

I had to go to Mater Dei Hospital and I have nothing but praise for the helpful staff of the hospital. I rate them very efficient and helpful. To them all, a heartfelt thanks

If it happens to be very busy, I see no deficiency if patients have to wheeled to the TV room or the corridors. This can happen everywhere.

Saviour A Ellul-Bonici

Mar 11th 2009, 11:26

In the prevailing circumstances, I am absolutely convinced that Mr Franco Mercieca did his utmost to rectify the situation.

Charles Micallef

Mar 11th 2009, 11:15

I will sooner wait in a TV Room / converted pantry at Mater Dei than a ward at St Lukes anytime.............

Paul Barrett

Mar 11th 2009, 10:23

Although this sounds appalling, it is a far, far better option to abandoning the operations altogether.
All praise to the staff for their initiative in finding working alternatives in the interests of those that are desperate for these comparatively quick and safe operations which rarely need more than a cup of tea, a sandwich and couple of hours recovery/observation time before being allowed to go home.
Being realistic here - I would not give a damn about privacy, where I wait or where I recover if the difference is between being blind or in pain to being able to see or my pain relieved.

M. Fleri

Mar 11th 2009, 09:54

State of the art hospital my foot and what a useless government we have.