I commend Raynav Chand of Nakasi’s letter dated January 28, 2024, on the facelift.
However, there also needs to be a big uplift in the service delivery of meals and quality of beds at CWM Hospital.
I was admitted on Friday January 19, 2024, and firstly the bed was do hard it was like lying on a wooden bed.
If you were admitted sick, the bed would make your illness worse. They had used the normal cheap mattress that when you lay down you are lying on the hard surface as mattress had flattened soft and offered no relief to sick.
Maybe they should upgrade and buy high density mattresses which are slightly more expensive but guarantees quality of sleep. I have a couple and they have lasted more than 10 years.
Delivery of breakfast is another problem on the morning of January 20. Breakfast was delivered to us at 8.52am.
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The excuse was blamed on administration that cooks were not advised of actual admissions the previous night. My reply is that is not our problem.
It was obvious the meal brought to us was a bowl of porridge and two slices of bread. It was obvious they scraped the pot to make at least something for us to eat. We were not offered tea.
On the second morning, breakfast arrived at 9.02am and the other four mornings were just as bad.
All breakfast arrived after 8.30am and I am diabetic and used to having breakfast at 6am.
The matter was raised with doctors and nurses but to no avail.
Eventually, I brought my electric-pot and made my own breakfast with hard biscuit every morning. In fact I supplied tea for all patients in the Acute Ward we were in. Because the hospital did not supply.
My question to the Minister for Health is why the hospital not supplies tea for breakfast and dinner.
I was advised on my second last day that certain wards were receiving tea for both meals. Why the discrimination and was this a directive from you to the kitchen staff.
If not can you ensure this practice ceases and the sick patients are properly fed and on time and no discrimination.
Your problems should be urgently addressed to ensure the sick gets better instead of suffering any more please.
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