Testing

Day 123

21 September 2009

Today we had a routine eye appointment for our little girl, who has been wearing glasses for the past year. Her prescription has stayed the same, but she can have a new pair of glasses. The drops that were used to dilate her pupils were used, and so she has eyes like saucers at the moment!

Swanage (cottage) hospital is a fantastic establishment. It has a ward, physio and out-patient department, as well as a minor illness service. The hospital is an essential part of the community, not least because the nearest major hospital is in Poole, around 20 miles away.
in the past year or so the out of hours cover has been jiggled about, and from personal experience of the service, I'd say that it could do with a bit more jiggling! However it's a lovely hospital with a friendly atmosophere, brilliant staff, and a smidgen of nostalgia leaving you with a feeling of hospital life in a bygone era, courtesy of little antique artefacts dotted about the place.
There used to be a maternity department, but I don't know when it closed. I wonder how many people currently living in Swanage were born at the hospital?