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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Feedback Letter to Watchdog

What the hell is going on with the hospital waiting times?

My wife took our sick 2 year old for a checkup and was told there is a 3 hour wait!!!

She looked down the hallway and there was the doc chatting away sipping on his cup of coffee for about 15 minutes. Will this improve with the new hospital? I doubt it will as most likely there won't be a greater number of docs on duty.

Am I right or does anyone else know more?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I hate playing the devil's advocate but if you were told that you weren't allowed to have a conversation during a 15 minute break I think there would probably be a riot. It's ok to have a whinge but we need to consider that it's not the doctor's fault that Weipa is underserviced medically. They are very hard working members of our community and should be regarded as such. The medical system is broken all over Queensland and waiting times are as bad as that in the capital cities...

As far as whether or not there will be better waiting times because they have new buildings, I think it is hardly likely.