Comments on: RNS Hospital Redevelopment

By: Ian Kilminster

Ian Kilminster — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:53:09 +0000

There is no provision for an hydrotherapy pool- despite the obvious need. Greenwich Hospital pool can’t meet the needs nor can the Willoughby Leisure Centre pool.
Even the RNS-staff financed pool was buldozed!

People get passionate about their hospitals & we pray our political leaders will have the wisdom to listen.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:16:32 +0000

Having just spent 36 hours in Royal North Shore emergency ward waiting for a bed allocation (the hospital was apparently full) let’s forget the politics and work on providing the needed services and care we all rely and depend on.

The incredible staff at RNS need the space and services to effectively carry out the amazing work they perform.

By: Kay Collett

Kay Collett — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:38:14 +0000

Having worked at RNS for over 40 years I have seen many changes but none worse than the intended sell off of our land. In years past at one time RNS was the largest hospital in the southern hemisphere and was a national, if not international, leader in many fields. But for years now it has been allowed to run down, had bandaids applied and services have suffered. This plan to reduce the useable area of RNS is very shortsighted and if carried out will spell the death knell for further expansion of services and result in sub standard access in all areas of medicine for the north shore population.
It is well known that funds are short but selling our assets is not the way to go.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 17 May 2011 04:05:47 +0000

Thanks to the people of the North Shore for their concerns over our hospital. Where else could we go to have treatment when other hospitals through out Sydney have their own problems don’t have room for us

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:12:01 +0000

As a country bumpkin, not to mention a nurse who caught up in the NSW Health Freeze in 2009 & mental health advocate. I am all too aware of the fight which has ranged for a considerable time in relationship to the North Sydney Area Health Service.
1. Community Health Services, including Community Mental Health should as the name suggests exits in the community not on health care campsites. If you are seeing your GP you go to there surgery which is in the community the same needs to be said for seeing your psychiatrist/psychologist etc being a team approach of psycho-social education. North Sydney Community Mental Health Services was once Australasian Award winning practise with the excellent good work has slowly been eroded.
2. Royal North Shore Hospital is international renowned for the care of its Spinal Cord Injury Unit with it being of one of two specialists facilities in NSW not to mention the Burn Unit. I don’t know whether many people would appreciate it or not what it is like- Country person who is always surrounded with open space all there lives – with the blue sky, trees & grassland. First & last thing which you see morning & night is the sun rising over the landscape. Sudden there life is turned upside down your in a foreign, strange place unable to move miles from home & love-ones can’t see anything out the windows other than roofs additionally to the fact you don’t know when your going to see loved ones let alone home & friends & mates again, if ever not to mention the financial & emotional burdened that they maybe facing. Has a significant psychosocial holistic aspect on a person care not to recovery of those who are part of that family network.
3. Hospital environment needs to not only cater for those locally it services in a holistic approach. Additional with North Shore Hospital being a tertiary referring facilities it also has to cater for the client’s who referred/travel to the facility also providing supported close proximate accommodation which they need with some hospitalisation lasting anything up to 6-12 months. Additional it has to provide an environment where whether it is clients, relatives & staff can escape from the medical situation – landscaped gardens –outdoors not surrounded by brick walls –see some of nature so that they can just unwind –are at peace. I know that is one aspect the Spinal Cord Injury clients appreciate the most on moving out for rehabilitation at Royal Ryde Rehabilitation Unit – Moorong is the open spaces. It is properly also an aspect which most people would be at a lost to understand, though I know it was an aspect which when the Children’s Hospital was build at Westmead they took into consideration a great deal. Where is that type of environment going to exits at the New Royal North Shore Campise?

By: M.POURSHASB

M.POURSHASB — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:29:01 +0000

The RNSH has been a big part of our family .
The people who work at RNSH are great and kind.
keep your hands off our hospital.

By: Paul Manoukian

Paul Manoukian — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:31:29 +0000

Please continue the good work for accountability. This modern way of solving everything by sell off is normally the outcome of “lazy” minds.

By: SaveRNSH Supporter

SaveRNSH Supporter — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:13:02 +0000

Having worked closely with the campaign, it is reassuring to see that some people still truly care about the future of this hospital as well as the future health of our community. The short-sightedness of the redevelopment is what really disappoints me the most – we all agree that upgrading is necessary but it has to be done the right way or we all run the risk of paying even more dearly for it in the near future.

Aren’t countless horror stories of land divestment and redevelopments-gone-wrong not enough to inspire others to support this cause?