My Hospital Stay

@utopia,

you sound happier, I hope that maybe you have turned the corner! Perhaps you needed to get all your anger up and out. It's anger at the system, maybe? Even though that psychiatrist was an nasty piece of work, you were probably angry at a lot of things! Who would blame you! Anger is fine.... it's not like you were really going to harm the man.

As for private hospitals.... I've worked in a few. They probably do have some kind of clause where they can jettison you out the door if they feel your behavior is 'threatening'. I don't know, exactly... I am just guessing here. I will say that private hospitals exist primarily to make money. Most don't have security guards or extra things like that. They can't afford to waste the profits.... they are accountable to share-holders, in many instances.

In other instances, private hospitals (usually very small ones) are actually owned by doctors... they don't want to take on any patients that could potentially scare off their other (usually very well-to-do) clientele.

Unfortunately, in my experience working in private hospitals....yeah, well. Look, I'm sure there are some good ones out there! My Dad goes into a private hospital today, actually. His is a phsyical illness. He hates hospitals with a passion, so his opinion will be biased!

The doctor/patient relationship is an odd one, isn't it? They have all the power and you have none. Personally, I have found that you will get the most help from your doctor if you are as nice as pie and thank them profusely for all their help, even if you feel they aren't that helpful!

Try to remember, that unless you are in involuntary patient, you always do have a say in your treatment. Use that little bit of power to your advantage. Ask a lot of questions. Always ask about side-effects and risks of treatments. Doctors and heath professionals only have a job because people get sick. Without you, they would have nothing.

Try to turn around that power relationship thing they have going on- see it from a different perspective.

Good luck this morning with the CAT team. xxxx

Hi @utopia

I am glad to hear you have your mum for support - your mum and you sound like me and my mum. Lets hope you are approved tomorrow to go into your new private hospital. You do sound better and a bit more fight back in you (fire in the belly). Thinking of you..

Hi @utopia,

sounds like things are moving along... hopefully only one more nights stay in the hotel for you, at the most.

Wow, that is unbelievable that the CATT team would publicly denounce your former psychiatrist! He must be really awful for them to do that. When I worked in hospitals, staff were very reluctant to denounce doctors, as they would always fear that their own careers would suffer as a result. Yes, even if the doctor in question deserved criticism. It was considered a big no-no. You just had to wait for the patient to put in a formal complaint and let it go from there.

Of course, amongst ourselves, we would criticize doctors all the time, but we would never do so in front of a patient.

So; that psychiatrist must be very, very bad for the the CATT team to be unconcerned with what they are saying about him. Wow.

You are lucky, in a way, @utopia, to have made an escape. Only, I wish you had escaped him in better circumstances.

@utopia love you my beautiful little cocky friend

The tide is turning for you @utopia So very, very pleased for you

Hi @utopia - that's a great outcome, I'm very happy for you. Put the incident at the other hospital behind you - It wasn't your fault.... just put it out of your mind and focus on getting well.

@utopia, that is fantastic news that you are approved for a new 14 day stay. Great news.

And the head of psychiatry is going to put in a complaint on your behalf... that is so good! Justice at last.

Can I ask how you ended up with the old Buggar psychiatrist in the first place? Was it your G.P. who referred you?

I'm sure that public hospital psychiatrists would not be pleased at having to spend valuable time having to undo the damage caused by other psychiatrists... it would P them off, I'm sure.