After my dad died in a Brisbane private hospital, I tried to work with leadership to improve care. I brought solutions, ideas, and hope — and was ghosted. This isn’t about blame. It’s about what happens when systems say the right things, then do nothing. We deserve more than silence.

The nurses who cared for my dad were incredible — but there simply weren’t enough of them. This post explores how systemic understaffing in private hospitals is quietly putting lives at risk, and why more red tape won’t fix what’s fundamentally broken.