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i want to say a huge thank you to the childrens ward in raigmore, my daughter was in yesterday to get grommets in,it is a minor op, but i was still worried as she is my wee girl,and had to get a general anasthetic, the staff were amazing, made us feel at ease, they were soo good with her, she was soo brave aswell, im soo proud of her
so thank you staff..... we left them chocs but my daughter wants to make them a card to send down
Pleased all went well Ash.
Yes, the children`s ward is superb. My only recent dealings with them was when my autistic great nephew was in to get a "foreign body" removed from his ear. Staff were superb and realised we were part of the support network and being on the ward with him was no problem.
Previous experience of children`s ward was when it was in the RNI in the 1970`s when I worked there and it was run like a military operation!
Changed days indeed, and all for the better.
changilass
28-Feb-09, 20:27
Mini changi is due to go in at the back end of next month for gromits in and tonsills out, he is looking forward to it but I am dreading it.
We go next week for him to see the ward and meet the nurses, he thinks its a big adventure.
my daughter was like that all excited but me god what a mess i was, i was calm until i took her up to theatre, i know they do it everyday but its still a hard thing to see your child go thru, is it Mr Cain who is doing the grommets, he is lovely, all the staff are, he/she will be well looked after
changilass
28-Feb-09, 21:49
Not Mr Cain, its a Prof Laing as what is doing it.
dont know him, but all the staff are lovely, and will make you all feel at ease
my little boy was taken in 3 years ago and they were exelent i did not have 1 complaint about any of the staff their.
Wish I could agree, my 4 year old daughter was in for over a week last December and even though the majority of the staff were excellent, the attitudes of the other ones were awful. I have made a complaint as has another mother that was in with her daughter at the same time.
My son was in for a week last may after a accident, thay were all realy good with him, and even with us, we stayed in the hospital in a seperate part, and they phoned when he needed us and let us stay by his bedside etc.
They do a great job, they made a very difficult time easier.
changilass
15-Mar-09, 18:08
Mini Changi is going in on thursday for 2 whole nights and really looking forward to it, we obviously sold it to him really well lol.
The staff were great when he went in for his pre op meeting, he can't wait to drive the bike up to the lifts and have his ice cream when he wakes up. Me on the other hand is dreading it
I have to agree with KS my experience was awful!
I had 2 of my children admitted at the same time, we got there in the early hours of the morning after being transferred from Caithness & the staff were awful from the minute we got there.One nurse in particular kept shouting at my daughter which upset her enormously! wouldnt like to see what sort of treatment they gave to kids who werent seriously ill:eek:
I have to say i am shocked at the two negative posts about the childrens ward, as when we were in they were truely lovely and amazing,before my daughter went for her op, the nursery nurse who was there said she would make her play dough, so wen my daughter came back from theatre she had made the two colours of dough she had asked for, and as soon as she was up to it, she was up playing with it, something soo simple but lovely
same here my son was sent down from the lawson a$e and it was about midnight or later that we got there and they were all amazing with him we also got a room just outside the ward and a phone put in and they called as soon as he woke i was with him untill gone 3am and back with him about 6am and there was nothing said he went up for his op and there was no complaints there either they were fantastic with him
DanaFlett
16-Mar-09, 22:23
They are fantastic in Inverness,my son was admitted twice and the were really great with him,as they were with us,nurses in wick should take notice they really could do with some bedside manner.:D
I couldnt fault the staff at caithness general when my children were in hospital. Didnt have the best of times in the maternity ward though:eek:
I couldnt fault the staff at caithness general when my children were in hospital. Didnt have the best of times in the maternity ward though:eek:
me either with the maternity ward in wick! but inverness were amazing, they could learn something from them
me either with the maternity ward in wick! but inverness were amazing, they could learn something from them
totally disagree here, wouldnt want to have my baby in the maternity bit in raigmore, not exactly high on patient care, was there with my eldest and my youngest and to say the treatment was equally as bad both times, now with my 3 year old i was in aberdeen to have him and the care was brilliant, but i cant fault wick though had my other 3 there thankfully, the eldest and the youngest hung on long enough to be born in wick in the end.
totally disagree here, wouldnt want to have my baby in the maternity bit in raigmore, not exactly high on patient care, was there with my eldest and my youngest and to say the treatment was equally as bad both times, now with my 3 year old i was in aberdeen to have him and the care was brilliant, but i cant fault wick though had my other 3 there thankfully, the eldest and the youngest hung on long enough to be born in wick in the end.
you may disagree but you have no idea how badly I was treated in wick and how excellent the care I received in raigmore was
you may disagree but you have no idea how badly I was treated in wick and how excellent the care I received in raigmore was
well i was the opposite way round, think you will find its called freedom of speech.
well i was the opposite way round, think you will find its called freedom of speech.
yes i know its called freedom of speech, so when brie mentioned it i agreed with her
not everyone has the same experiences
I had both my children in Raigmore Hospital and I couldn't off been happier with the treatment I received or the treament my baby received, they were all brill in ward 9 & 10 and especially the staff in the Special Baby Care Unit, they were fantastic, I will be going to Raigmore Hospital to have my next baby and I must say I hope my experience doesn't change, which I'm sure it won't.. My youngest was taken to Raigmore Hospital not Christmas past but the one before, she was only 9 week old and the staff in the Children's wards couldn't off been more helpful, we got to stay in MacDonald house which is just off the Childrens wards.... It is great that they have such a place for parents and your room has a phone in it so you can be contacted thro the night if needed and all they ask is a donation... :D
yes i know its called freedom of speech, so when brie mentioned it i agreed with her
not everyone has the same experiences
I remember being in excruciating pain & ringing for a midwife to get me pain relief & an auxiliary coming to tell me there was no midwife available as they were both in the labour room & she wasnt allowed to get me any pain relief so I would have to wait! I had to wait 2 hours!!:eek:
I know everyone has different experiences & it all depends on the midwives who are on shift, the work load they have & how stressed they are. The fact they are only set up to deal with one person giving birth at a time doesnt help.
I have to say i am shocked at the two negative posts about the childrens ward, as when we were in they were truely lovely and amazing,before my daughter went for her op, the nursery nurse who was there said she would make her play dough, so wen my daughter came back from theatre she had made the two colours of dough she had asked for, and as soon as she was up to it, she was up playing with it, something soo simple but lovely
You were lucky, when we were there the play nurses only twice did something with the kids, since we were there for over a week I thought that was quite poor.
I think it must have been the wrong time of year as they spent a lot of their time putting up christmas decorations and lights.
They weren't even keen to keep an eye on my daughter when I would pop out for something to eat. Not sure if it was the nurses or play nurses that you should be asking when you had to go out, but they on more than one occasion asked people to get some of the other mothers to look to them! You didn't really like giving that responsibility to another mother that already has their kid to look after so would end up skipping meals.
cuddlepop
21-Mar-09, 17:32
I too cant praise the staff eneogh for the attention and care myself and my sick baby received.
My youngest was only 8 weeks old away back in 1991 when we first were sent through.
At the time all her obs were too fast and she just couldnt settle when layed down.
I was on my own when the tests confimed she was in heart failure and they suspected a hole.
Those nurses held me together when I thought I'd fall apart.:~(
Many trips later and two helicopter rides she was fixed when she was 9 months old.:D
The nursing staff in all the hospitals I've been too,gave me my voice to challange the consultants.Without their insistence that what I was being told wasnt right maybe the outcome would have been different.
In my opinion Doctors are only as good as the nurses that work with them and not for them.
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