The parents of a nine-year-old boy who struggled to access emergency dental care after he was accidentally hit in the mouth with a golf club say they were shocked their city did not have better services available.Parents of a boy who suffered a traumatic injury to his teeth were shocked they struggled to access emergency care in Ballarat
At one stage the boy's parents contacted the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and were preparing to take their traumatised son on the 90-minute drive so he could be treated.Calls for help unanswered Emergency dental care is available at the Ballarat Health Services clinic from 8.30am to 4.30pm on weekdays.
Ballarat Health Services , which runs the base hospital, said in a statement that its dental clinic offered emergency care between 8:30am and 4:30pm on weekdays. The boy would have "qualified for emergency dental care through the [clinic] if the injury had happened during the clinic's operating hours".
Back in the day, 'emergency dental care' consisted of a string and a doorknob.
5) to knock him self out & as his mother I would have helped him . The pain was horrendous. Dentist in Ballarat , certain emergency staff in Ballarat , hang your head in shame ; you are a disgrace to the race !
4) condition in it self . Extreme pain is a condition & is suppose to be triaged as a condition. The stupid staff judged his pain based on the part of the body instead of the pain / suffering in it self . It was not just a common tooth ache . He wa ready to run into a wall .
3) my son , a tough make type said he woujd gladly kill him self to be out if that pain . The useless staff at Ballarat base hospital on the night were badly trained & straight out if the movie ‘Idiocracy !’ They has zero clue that pain is regarded in med profession as a serious
2) as excruciating as nit like a broken leg yuh can elevate etc etc . You cannot move your tooth . In medical books it is described. as one of the worse pains a human can have. My son was treated very badly by Ballarat emergency deot because he was an adult & not a child.
1) a bloody disgrace & Ballarat dentists should hang their head in son had dental emergency & we are laughed at & clapped out by Ballarat hospital emergency staff & waiting customers. They thought it wad a tooth ache. He h 3 exposed nerves & is regarded
Before reading it , I thought I bet it’s Ballarat !
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