Wards (:

(Wednesday) Today I spent most of my time on the wards. It was soooo interesting to compare to the UK, & to be able to see more problems which are faced in this line of work. The ward is split up into medical & surgical patients. The surgical patients all had bad burns or wounds from the coal. It made me realise even more the importance of their occ health system. The wounds were worse than any I've seen before, & these are seen regularly at the hospital! The medical patients were mostly those with badly controlled hyperglycaemia or hypertension, although there was a stroke patient & a psychotic patient too! It was really interesting to see the nursing care for these patients! They all wore the ACHH pyjamas all day, which I found very strange to see as in the UK we now encourage patients to bring in their own PJs to wear, & encourage those who are able to get dressed to do so during the day. The patients just looked so weird & all the same in their same generic uniform, like an old fashioned institute! They seemed to have no real identity for themselves which I found quite different indeed! I also got a chance to go into the TB ward & see the patients there. Its amazing (: its all negative pressure so the doors only open once the others are shut and so on in order to prevent the spread of disease. All visitors and nurses have to wear masks in to help prevent spread too. Its so posh & modern ... a sharp contarst to the rural areas & government hospitals! I got to join in the Drs round which was wicked too, as I got to listen some more to the diagnosis and treatment of all the patients to gain a better understanding of it all! They don't have many women in the hospital, so if any are admitted the tend to be kept in the side rooms away from the men! Again segregated wards, most of which no longer exist in the UK! Chatting to the nurses was great & they've all been SO friendly & welcoming to me. They love to teach me their knowledge, & love to hear about the UK from me! They still can't believe I'm not cold :P hehe! They were so lovely to me, & made me promise to come back again one day! We will see!!! 


Seeing Mummy & Daddy tomorrow (: wwwwooooo!!