Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre

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I've been here a few times. Rooms are small and dingy, food is hospital standard food which leaves a lot to be desired but at least it's free. The nurses are rude to patients and generally demeaning and unhelpful.

Place isn't inviting at all, some of the staff are rude answering phones, intercom, looks like it could do with a make over if the place looked better and more inviting the feeling becomes more pleasant especially for the patients.

I am re writing this with some information taken out as my previous review was taken down. This is my experience and should be allowed as a review to show what it is really like in HBC.I was placed in Ward 36 at the Henry Bennett Centre, I was told by the male nurse in charge that I was a patient and not a person. I witnessed some very traumatic things in that ward. I would have been able to be managed in Ward 35 to begin with or in respite in the community. I was very scared and am now experiencing nightmares from my experience as HBC. I was not fed while in ward 36, they forgot my dinner and only gave me a yoghurt for dinner.I was placed in Ward 35 the day after where I heard a staff member call a patient a c#nt, that night a movie was playing with a r#pe scene and a man hanging from a tree ( movie was the revenent) A fight occured right next to me where the person brushed past me which was also scary. There was no routine or reaources to support patients and the ward was very loud and not a therapuetic environment to be in. I do not reccomended this facility as it is not fit for purpose, the staff are unprofessional and there is no therapeutic intervention. I have complained however the hospital has not recognised my complaint and just said they'll do better next time. The staff dont tell you what your rights are or explain processes and there was no routine or help provided.

could’ve done with out the smearing of feces but otherwise pretty chill spot

Doing their best under extraordinary circumstances

Highly insanitary! WARNING Also they can write on your medical records with out any or police evidence that you have been involved in criminal activity even if your on the non criminal side of HBC making in unlikely to extremely difficult to get life insurance!

No way to find healing or recovery here. It is in no way accommodating or supportive in terms of helping patients get well in an healthy way. A lot of the people who go there end up staying there for months or even years, they don’t really give people the chance to voice needs or say how they are improving with their wellbeing. It felt like I was stuck in a unhealthy environment and I couldn’t get out. I was forced into this hospital for four months, having no availability to people or even go for a walk. It’s enclosed, there is limited resources to help aid a persons boardam while being stuck in the hospital. Most patients are treated with disrespect and have no dignity. There is a lot of stress in the environment around patients and the environment is very closed in. I honestly am not over exaggerating this, that this place is not for unwell people. I feel that there needs intervention to make it a healthy environment for others. I would not state this if I truly didn’t experience it for myself, in which I did.

Its not a place for people to get well. Its more like a jail. There aint no help in there so just dnt go. Once ur in its hard to get out. Il be dead before i walk thru there doors again