THE IMPORTANCE OF THORNBURY HOSPITAL
 

From Mrs Tina Mitchell
 

"Thornbury Hospital is unique in every possible way to me.

"The feelings you experience when you walk through the hospital doors for the first time are those of warmth, love and care. The mixed emotions of why you are there in the first place slowly fade away and you are left feeling confident, relieved and befriended. These are just some of the feelings I had when I went home and had to leave my beloved husband at Thornbury Hospital to recover from extensive brain surgery.

"When my husband was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour three years ago, he received the most amazing care from the staff on Henderson ward. Eighteen months later, he was able to return to the ward and finally died in one of their two available hospice rooms. Not an experience any 37 year old wife wishes to have in her lifetime but one made far more bearable by the facilities, the care package, the staff and the location of Thornbury Hospital.

"The close proximity of this wonderful community based hospital made visiting less stressful for friends and family and less painful and more normal for our five year old son.

"Why should we have to compromise our hospital, which provides so much to the young and the elderly alike within our local community?"

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