Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital

Wife went to the emergency section with a migrane and vertigo. Was seen straight away. Wonderful caring staff and a brilliant kind doctor Richard.

Staff have always been kind and competent. Saved my Aunts life, gave me a wonderful birthing experience plus saved mine and baby’s life. I have been there way too many times and they have always been 5 starThank you to all the staff at Barker hospital

Cannot thank and praise ED staff from triage to rest of nursing staff and especially Dr Brandon Wadforth for the care for my husband and kindness to me. We have had a very negative experience from another hospital and were reluctant to try another public ED, but the friendly tone of the triage nurse on the phone was encouraging and we went. I am so grateful for how they treated us.

I brought my wife in as I was concerned she was having a miscarriage. Te staff were excellent from beginning to end. I was very impressed with the ED doctor Richard Goldsmith. He was very compassionate and caring. He gave us the best service we could have ever expected. I wish we could have him as our GP. Highly recommend the Mt Barker Hospital.

I just had a really good experience at the Mount Barker Hospital, I completed a form in emergency and within five minutes I saw a nurse who did all the necessary checks, then only waited another five minutes before seeing another nurse for blood work. I was expecting to wait a couple hours to see a doctor, but within ten minutes I was called in! He saw me for around half an hour, identified the problem and set me up with the next steps moving forward. It was a very smooth and stress free process with pleasant staff.

I cannot fault anyone or anything within the Mt Barker Maternity unit. I gave birth to my beautiful son here 3 weeks ago and I have nothing but amazing things to say about the staff and the facilities. Right from my first antenatal visit through to discharge with our baby, I have felt cared for, seen, respected, validated and treated so well that I felt like I was the only patient in the hospital when giving birth. Every midwife, doctor, anaesthetist, etc provided extensive information when it came time for me to make decisions during labour, that I felt so well informed, educated and empowered to do what I felt was right in the moment. Following the birth, we received excellent care and were able to stay a few days to ensure I was recovering well and bubs was ready for his trip home. Although my birth didn’t go to plan, it was the most amazing experience of my life and I have everyone here to thank for that. I wouldn’t go anywhere else.

Walked in a 7.00 pm 4 people waiting, now 11.20pm and still haven't seen a doctor asked at front desk and told oh we have no idea, I asked if it might be today, which will be a 5 hour wait and was told we don't know, if your sick don't bother coming here.Absolutely pathetic, as busy as the RAH may be they are certainly better organised then this place

Shout out to all the staff at the hospital. I went in this morning to have a rememant of stick removed from my foot from an injury 6 weeks ago and insisted on having nitrous due to a really horrible experience the 1st time. Tamsyn (RN) and Heidi (scalpel wielder) were so reassuring, gentle and professional.

Last Saturday I had a heart problem with a very fast heart beat and very low blood pressure. I was not feeling great and after a phone call to the Mount Barker Hospital, my wife drove me to the Emergency Ward. I was wheel- chaired in a and within a couple of minutes I was having an ECG and being told that I was about to be sedated and an electric shock sent to my heart. I remember a Lady doctor and several other people in the room & someone asking the Doctor, What if this goes pear shaped?"I woke up some time later with my heart beating at a normal rate