Yanhee International Hospital Worse experience of our lives…
Yanhee International Hospital Worse Experience of our lives!!!
I Must say my pre and post op care was appalling and distressing. Pre- op i asked the IV nurse not to put the IV in left or right hand as over the years experienced anaesthetists could not get one in either hand as the veins collaspe. I pointed out the better areas she ignored me and caused me alot of pain, and told me it was becausce i moved. I moved becuse it felt like she was sticking it in my muscle, I was upset and crying, alot. They took me down to theatre and the nurse down there listened to me and got it in atraight away.
Post op I was n so much pain i woke up crying shaking and freezing cold in recovery ,( never in my life have i been so cold). I kept asking for pain relief and warm blanket, I think they got sick of my Whinging as they sent me to the ward in a state i would never in Australia send patient back to the ward.On the ward i was still Shaking for over 3hrs and had 5 cold blankets on me, i still could not get warm. The pain was unberable. I kept.asking for a bair hugger or hot blanket as my bedding was wet and cold. So I got out of bed and removed the wet bedding underneath me
I also found that I was given inadequate pain relief postop for a westerner (foreigner) . In Australia we give paediatrics patients doses of opoids and paracetamol based on weight. Here i was given panadol 500mg and 50mg Tramadol(this a paediatric dose in Australia). Postop in the wards in australia we give 1gm panadol x4 dailyl and 100mg tramadol twice daily until pain improves.
In australian hospitals we also pre warm patients if the operation is over 2 hrs and also use a bair hugger intraop and post op if the patient wakes up shaking, this reduces shaking and stress on the operation site. Studies done in Australian have shown pre, intraop and post-op warming reduces pain and discomfort. I am still having alot of pain now .
The surgeon was fanastic, I highly recommend him and would see him again any day for surgery. But i would never come back to Yanhee Hospital for surgery again or recommend anyone else to have it here
. My friend had a similar experience to me postop with been horriblely cold and sore. So she was quite shocked, angry, and distressed with the postop care. I have had many surgery and have never woken up so cold . I can honestly say this was the worst experience myself and my friend has ever had postop.
I think to improve the pre and post op care for foriegns, need to be reviewed and modified for westerners physiology, as tolerance to opoids is higher than Asian physiology. Plus a review on pre, inra-op and post-op warming would reduce pain and discomfort.
