Anorexic Children Joined In Hospital By Families For The First Time In Australia's History

Anorexic children and teenagers will be joined in hospital by their families in an Australian-first attempt to break the cycle of eating disorders, Sydney Morning Herald reports. The Children's Hospital at Westmead has opened two family units that permits parents, carers and siblings to stay with the patient for about two to four weeks of intensive treatment. Such a breakthrough for Australia. This has never happened before, ever. I'm impressed, aren't you?

Has the hospital become a service apartment or what? The hospital even provides a kitchen and a dining table for families to prepare meals and eat together. That's something new. I've never heard of any hospital having any of these facilities before. Back where I was from in Malaysia, we're only allowed to visit during visiting hours. Other than visiting hours, there's no such thing as staying with the patient. And there's no such facilities as a kitchen and dining table to prepare meals and eat meals together. Meals were prepared by the hospital's canteen chefs. I'm surprised.

This is good in a way. This new information that I've received from this news article informs me that a hospital that gives this kind of facilities exists. Now when you turn anorexic or if our children turn anorexic, when we have one that is or if you have one, we'll know where to admit them, where we are able to watch over our children in the hospital.

The way the news was written works so well as news. Special units were built in the Westmead's Children Hospital just for their family members to stay for two to four weeks of intensive treatment and providing kitchens and dining tables for the families to prepare meals and eat meals together. The advantages of these actions done were stated, where there was a high increase in admissions and a patient's experience who moved from northern NSW to Westmead Children hospital who has total recovery from illness. Proof was proven that this approach of allowing families to stay with patients for two to four weeks of intensive treatment and eating meals together helps the patient recover. A technique to solve the anorexia other than treatments, has been disclosed.

Though I personally believe pictures and videos of the new units built should be shown to convince the public how beautiful the place has been built and the environment itself is an appropriate environment for their children to be admitted. But, that's of course one minor factor. Overall, the news works out fine for me.

What's your VIEW on this? A good story that works as news? Does it convince you enough? Has this news interest you at some point? I know it did for me. "A plus plus" for me.

Analyzed From: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/livein-families-to-help-anorexia-patients-20090907-fees.html