Room with a View ... Addendum

After speaking with several other patients in the ward, we've discovered a couple of things about our room. It sits on the noisier side of the hospital nearer to the major street construction. It happens also to be a bit larger. Not only is there room for three beds (but assigned to one patient), but there are also drawers along the wall and separate closet space for each patient's belongings. In contrast, some rooms have accommodations for only two beds and may lack the drawers along the wall.



One other observation is that the toilet, shower and sink are not 100% wheelchair accessible. The shower is blocked by the toilet, which itself is close enough to the bathroom door to require leaving it open if you need to use a wheelchair to get in/out of the toilet. There are ample handrails along the bathroom perimeter. However, due to Kim Poor's experiences in Fall 2006, there is now rubber place matting in the shower area. Be forewarned, the matting is hard on the feet.

The sink area, located outside of the toilet, doesn't allow a wheel chair user to wheel up to the sink. One has to reach over the edge of the sink.

I know, picky, picky, picky!