Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital - Nowra, New South Wales

john O.

Animals are treated better than patients at this public hospital. We went today to the emergency department as my husband had a skin infection. It looked like a war zone. All kind of patients. The staff does not want to talk to you. You are a number.
We left due to the inhuman treatment. I am wondering how many people are dying due to negligence and lack of staff.
The health system is in immediate need of reform .

KRISTEN I.

I visited Shoalhaven hospital today as my unborn baby had shown signs of distress and the hospital midwives and Dr was nothing short of amazing. Not only was the care world class; I was reassured and kept in the loop about what was going on and options. I want to thank RN/ Midwife Madison in particular for her incredible care she provided me and my family with in a very distressing time.

Merchant B.

Unfortunately my son is always hurting himself. We visited shoalhaven hospital yesterday for the 5th time in 3 years and they have always been so helpful every visit. From plenty of needing stitches, removing massive splinters, broken pelvis to hits to the head they have always helped. Some wait times are longer than others but they do their best. They are Always busy. Thanks to the nurses and staff we appreciate you

Sophie K.

My partner went to the hospital yesterday with a infected finger and got put on tablets for it and his then he come home last night and then went to bed and woke up this morning with a black finger he sat at the hospital from around 10 and didn’t get home till 4 and still nothing was done to it he was in so much pain and couldnt handle it he just went back to the hospital and one of the lady’s at the desk were so rude to him. It’s actually disgusting how people are treated and taken care of at that hospital….

Ken S.

I was in this Hospital on the 12/2/25 for day surgery
I would just like to comment how wonderful & caring all the staff were right from me arriving to departing they just couldn't do enough for me & the other patients there

Thank you so much for caring
Ken Stephenson

stephen S.

If there is more caring professional dedicated staff in a hospital anywhere in the world i would be glad and suprised totally 100% best care ive ever had .

Elle C.

Complaint: Nurse Tracey

Surgical Ward Sholehaven Hospital

Wanted to inquire if my brother's doctor was available to speak to as the nurse from this morning told me to ask a nurse in the afternoon and they would be able to get a doctor to speak with me.

My brother pressed a button to call a nurse 15 minutes after he pressed the button a nurse by the name of Tracey walked in and snapped at him unpleasantly "Do you need anything!!" I spoke up and said I was hoping to speak to a doctor if possible and explained I was down from the central coast this weekend, she turned around abruptly with a glare and walked out of the room without a word, to a computer at which point I tried to continue to speak to her and she snapped at me again as I was trying to complete my sentence that it was "4pm!" in a tone that implied I was ridiculous to ask at this time of day.

I informed her she was being rude and appologiesed for asking, trying to explain that the nurse I'd seen in the morning when I was in had said the doctors would be here in the afternoon. She replied "Oh did she!!" As if the urse had had no right to say that or I was lieing. I told her I would be in in the morning if that helped and she snapped at me again that "It was a Sunday, and that wouldn't help!"

Perhaps no consideration that I was not familiar with the hospitals schedule. All in all it was her mannerism, tone and body language that was very distressing. She was irateat me. It felt like for no reason at all.

Thankfully Annette another nurse came to save the day and organised for a doctor to come and talk to us.

Tracey was rude, condescending and downright mean.

My brother has just come out of ICU and every nurse and doctor at Sholehaven has been absolutely lovely except for Tracey. I understand and respect hospital staff have a lot on their plate and sometimes work long hours but I have never observed such rude horrid unprovoked behaviour from a nurse in any other hospital. I am writing this formal complaint as I'd honestly dread to think she treats her patients the way she treated me today. She was very nasty and unprofessional and made a difficult situation even more upsetting.

Emma T.

I've never been in a town that the people avoid there hospital instead of getting help they prefer to go to there doctors or to even travel anywhere else but to there own hospital.

Don't get me wrong there is some wonderful staff that need a pay raise and some staff that just shouldn't be in that role.

My partner came in by ambo and was experiencing level 10 pain from someone who has a high tolerance in pain.

Ambo brought him up the nurses done blood and urine and gave him some pain relief, then let him be seated in the waiting room for 2 hours. There other people there, very dead looking behind the doors in the back... But still left to sit there. Ended up leaving coming home taking more pain relief and going to sleep to the morning to continue further treatment with his own doctor and travel to another hospital if necessary.

They did ring to see where he was also about a hour and a half later of being home.