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Old Feb 08, 2019, 12:38 AM
Anonymous41403
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Originally Posted by Wander View Post
I need to explain something. In Australia we have the public and private systems. The public system is a disgrace and a place you would go anywhere to avoid. That is where the locked wards, major theft, assaults, awful food if you are lucky enough to get some, and other bad stuff generally.

Then there is the Private System. I pay a huge amount of money each month to ensure I have access to these hospitals. As I don't know what you pay and the conditions you get for that money I am not comparing. Just clearing things up a bit. Perhaps this is why my pdoc was so reluctant to send me there as it can be much more traumatic tham being heavily drugged to sleep it off. Still, I believe he made the wrong call and was luck. Thankfully, I am still here.

I am so sorry if I have offended someone. I have heard the mental health system in the USA is a disgrace in some ways. I am juts thankful for what I have.
Yeah here we kinda have the same thing. I'm on medicaid so I and my son get what we can. In my city there are hospitals that take private insurance or medicare. They are the nicer hospitals. The ones that take medicaid, you're just a number to them. I've had a nurse crush my thumb in the door. My family didn't believe that it was that bad. Then they came to visit. They hadn't even washed the the tables!

The night the nurse smashed my finger in the door I left. I went to my regular dr to get my meds. I do everything I can to avoid being hospitalized. I've had to hospitalze my son a couple times and it was very hard to let him go but he was extremely psychotic.
Thanks for this!
Wander