Mom's horror as little girl is kicked out of Gladstone Hospital with a concussion from Covid

The mother of a three-year-old toddler who was denied treatment for a serious concussion because she tested positive for Covid has doubled her criticism of the hospital on breakfast television.

Deborah Reeves appeared on the Today show on Friday to recall the traumatic experience of taking her daughter Wynta to Gladstone Hospital in central Queensland around noon on Sunday after she fell from a kitchen bar stool and banged her head with force.

As Reeves told Daily Mail Australia yesterday, upon arriving at the hospital, Wynta did not receive treatment for his head injury.

Instead, the distressed toddler was forced to undergo two Covid tests.

‘I’m horrified. I think we’re here because of a head injury, not because of Covid,” Reeves told Today.

Three-year-old Wynta (pictured the day after she fell) was discharged without treatment from Gladstone Hospital after falling from a kitchen bar stool and suffering a concussion.

Wynta was first given a rapid antigen test, which came back negative, before the senior doctor decided to do a PCR test, which came back positive.

After the second Covid test, Wynta was discharged from the hospital because he did not receive special treatment for his head injury.

“I’m so upset, I really feel that his head injury should beat the Covid test,” Reeves said.

“He fell off the chair and caught Covid.

“Nobody saw my daughter’s head injury.

‘I’m sick of the medical system. My daughter could have died and all they care about is their positive Covid test.’

Wynta (pictured in the ambulance) was taken via ambulance to the hospital vomiting and unable to recognize his mother but did not receive treatment and was discharged after a second Covid test returned positive

Reeves said he was not allowed by doctors to see his daughter’s Covid test results, with a positive diagnosis later written on her letter of discharge.

While he did not dispute the results, Reeves said he was frustrated at not being allowed access to the information.

‘We weren’t worried about any other symptoms or Covid symptoms… it just fell off, and when they left us alone and said we could go home I stood there for 10 minutes and just thought, ‘What to do? I do now?’ Ms Reeves said on Today

‘And then there’s no one around. I didn’t see another nurse or another doctor. No one was in sight, so I took our things and went home.’

Reeves said he was speechless by the ordeal.

“They are not interested in head injuries. I think we have to get back to dealing with the issues that need to be addressed, not just panicking about Covid first and foremost,” he said.

In little Wynta’s discharge letter, obtained by Daily Mail Australia, hospital staff noted he had suffered a head injury but said it was ‘considered neurologically normal’.

Wynta’s discharge letter (above) stated that the toddler had a head injury and stated he was diagnosed with Covid

Gladstone Hospital executive director Monica Seth said she was “nice to meet Wynta’s mother”.

“I cannot comment publicly on individual cases due to patient privacy. We are always trying to improve our services whenever possible and would be happy to meet with Mrs. Wynta to discuss her concerns, which can be arranged by contacting Gladstone Hospital Patient Liaison Services,” said Seth. .

‘The Gladstone Hospital Emergency Department is properly managed.’

Reeves said he called 13HEALTH, Queensland’s telephone health service, who said his daughter may have had a concussion.

He also followed up with the family’s GP, who also agreed with the concussion diagnosis.

Five days after the fall, Wynta was still lethargic and had a bruise on his forehead.

Wynta still has bruises on his forehead five days after the fall (above) but is not receiving treatment at Gladstone Hospital after developing concussion symptoms

Reeves said he dealt with Gladstone Hospital in 2020 when he developed a bilateral pulmonary embolism – a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the lungs.

‘This is a bad hospital,’ he said.

“They isolated me for 12 hours without treatment while waiting for the results of the Covid test.

“I told them I already had three but they wouldn’t listen.

“Something really needs to be done.”

Gladstone Hospital has experienced a series of critical staff shortages in recent years with 60,000 locals forced to travel more than an hour to Rockhampton to receive basic care such as plaster fractures.

On Monday, expectant mothers were warned that Gladstone Hospital’s maternity ward was in ‘bypass’, meaning women about to give birth would need to drive to Rockhampton to reach a proper birthing facility.

Bypass is the result of a shortage of obstetricians

Gladstone Hospital (above) has experienced a series of staff shortages and has now closed its maternity ward with locals forced to drive more than an hour to access proper birthing facilities.

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