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OLIVEDALE NETCARE HOSP NEARLY COST MY SON'S LIFE!

The service received at the Olivedale Hospital on Tuesday at 03:00 was appauling! I rushed my son to the ER only to find a sleeping doctor and a nonchalant nursing staff. The doctor on duty didn't check my son's vitals even though he wrote he did on the consultation notes.

He threw up again that afternoon and rushed him to Sunninghill Hospital and to their shock, he had quite a bad ear infection! The doctor in Sunninghill was shocked at how can his ear infection have been missed. Needless to say, my son was therefore admitted into Sunninghill hospital for Gastro on Wednesday night.

I was appalled by the comments one of the nurses at Olivedale made. When I asked where the doctor was as I was the only patient and it was nearing 06:00 (sitting in casualty with a glass of rehydrate solution to pump down - water tolerance test), the nurse said "Only the doctors are allowed to sleep. We can't! ".

Olivedale is not the hospital to go to as the Casualty Department truly lives up to its name - they are very casual even with the life of a 7 month baby!

That was aclose call and had Olivedale picked up the ear infection and gastro, I would've been spared him in hospital for 3 days!

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Company: Netcare

Country: South Africa   City: Olivedale

Category: Health & Medicine

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