Scary and intimidating! Those large hospitals

Even after all of these years, those large hospitals in Toronto continue to intimidate me!  I know, it seems as if I  have spent a lifetime in and out of them but nothing has changed for me.

They are huge, intimidating, and I can only pray not to stay too long within their rooms and corridors each time I visit.  On the whole, many staff are kind and helpful but once in a while I encounter some who are unpleasant and not very understanding.

So, what is my wish?  That I stay out of these intimidating places for as much as I can!  I stay healthy but those scans and tests are not always avoidable.  Neither are those necessary consultations!

The parting thought is that I am not the only one who feels this way!  Vision impaired or not, even the sighted feel this way!

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Additional challenges: When lab technicians don't fully describe

 

This is what happened to me when I recently visited the North York General Hospital to have a CT scan done.  I will say that for the most part they were polite and friendly but when it came to describing to me where I needed to go after my scan was over, this is where they fell down.

When I asked the technician where I needed to go in order to get dressed, she pointed somewhere beyond where I was standing and even after having told her that I was vision impaired, she did not get it.  It was another technician who came to my rescue and escorted me out of the room and then to the changing room.

For whereas I believe that things have improved when it comes to how medical staff interact with those who are blind/vision-impaired, still more needs to be done when it comes to not just interacting but also communicating. Maybe there needs to be a course given at medical school on how to interact and communicate with patients with special needs.

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So very frustrating: At the North York General Hospital

Going to a hospital to have tests done or even for surgery is definitely not my favorite thing and I can bet that it is not for most of us.  However, when you are a vision-impaired person there are other things that are more challenging.

If you meet staff who have the additional patience to be of assistance then that is fine. But when they are overworked, or simply do not have the patience, then here is where the challenges occur.

I have met both types and each time I need to go to the hospital then I usually pray very hard before setting out.  If they do not fully explain what they are going to do then this is a challenge.  Or if they do something and do not tell me then this is yet another challenge.

Whenever they think that I cannot get undressed or dressed on my own and ask my friend or Mom to help me, then this is an embarrassment.  Or whenever they shout at me because I cannot hear them then this is yet another embarrassment.

What could be the solution?  More awareness training is needed.

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