After my recent stay in psych hospital i felt i was treated badly by the treating pdoc and excessive pressure was put on me to discharge myself…
I then wrote a letter of complaint about my stay but my pdoc turned into a right b!tch and made up total lies about me…truly my letter of complaint was extremely civil, and i dont know how she took offence…all i criticised is i was put under pressure to discharge myself despite being the most unwell patient. Anyway she resorted to making complete lies about me.
Our relationship is screwed now.
This is one major criticism i have of the free public healthcare system in ireland. Yeah you get a free consultation with a pdoc for about 10 minutes per month but they in no way feel answerable to you nor do they try to appeal to you in any way, well not like private psychiatrists do anyway. And they put pretty much every obstacle in your way to prevent you being admitted to hospital.
My last hospitalization - was voluntary. I was out of control at home and I was a danger to myself and spouse. I am glad I got treatment. I was there 5 days. I feel the staff, social workers and doctors - were very helpful and caring, kept every stable, checked in with us regularly and made sure our symptoms were under control.
I also felt pressure - and they behaved like sales people pushing long term inpatient treatment to another facility while I felt I was doing okay and ready to go home day 5. I think because it was for profit - theres incentive for there job security to keep beds full which is not good for patients.
i have been hospitalized many times both voluntary and involuntary
some were great but i have dealt with some of the hospital pdocs who tried to discharge me after 1 day saying im fine even though i said straight out i was going to commit suicide
i also had one who told me after being in for a couple weeks that i was a liar and perfectly healthy making up my symptoms
that time the nurses knew me from several stays and knew i was not making up my symptoms and put in a complaint for me
i am sorry that they did not give you the help you needed
