I attended the Cardiology Department with my Wife, as we have done many times before. We were early as usual and arrived at 8.10am for 8.30am appointment.
I had to undergo a T.O.E ( transoesophageal echocardiography ) for an ongoing heart valve problem I have.
I had to wait for over 2 hours and put down the waiting list because of a simple INR blood test, that only takes 2 seconds to complete if there was an INR blood test unit available to use. The department did not have this small unit in the department!
A wise nurse took it upon herself and walked me through the Hospital corridors to the oncology department and used an INR blood test unit which they had. The reading was taken instantly, job done! and we both returned to Cardiology. I would still be waiting for Lab results on my blood if we hadn't done this.
The Hospital and all its STAFF are amazing, and I have attended it since it was opened. The Oncology Department cured me of cancer (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and tests and biopsies and so on and so on.
Why cant the Cardiology Department have an INR blood test unit?
"I would still be waiting for Lab results on my blood"
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