♦♦ CULTURE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE ♦♦ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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I have “signed my life away” and I feel like doing a full audit of all the tools, equipment, labelling, but . . . . it’s too late. I am flat on my back on the hard, cold and narrow operating table at Linksfield Hospital. There is something frightening, yet reassuring about these masked faces. Frightening, because the doctors have literally got my life in their hands. Thoughts of: “What if . . . .” flash through my brain. Reassuring, because I know that I can ‘rest assured’ that I am in the best hands, the hands of genuine professionals. I try to stay alert as nurse Rebecca gives me some oxygen, “just to be safe . . . .” and hooks me up to the monitoring instruments. I see Dr van der Spuy inserting the ‘plastic’ needle of the drip. The last words I hear are “You will feel . . . .” I am asleep in an instant. Back in the ward, after recovery, I feel so good that I have to pat for the plaster or bandage. Perfect pain control! I have time to think about my hospital stay. |
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I am sharing this story of my operation with you because a hospital is a prime example of World Class S.H.E. – SAFETY, HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT. I am not talking about a third world bush clinic here, but of a facility and standards we all should strive for in our own operations, be it a factory, plant, mine or office complex.
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