Re-Open The Repat!

On Tuesday 27th March, I attended Repat Radiology for an ultrasound of the suspicious lump.  As the name suggests, Repat Radiology is based at the site of the the Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park.  The hospital was closed down recently in a state government led, health system overhaul.  The decision caused a public outcry and the site had been a focus of the recently elected Liberal government's election campaign, them promising to re-open the much-loved hospital.  Repat Radiology is a last bastion of patient services hanging on in the otherwise deserted hospital.  Being located right in the heart of the complex, visitors are required to follow a series of signs through a maze of old run-down walkways, unkept gardens and empty hospital wards.  Getting to that end of that maze, I really felt an overwhelming sense of the gravity of this appointment.  I found a quiet place to sit, not a challenging task, and took in this new notion that had overcome me - 'maybe it is a tumour'.