Counting down to 100days before reaching the safety zone. Yesterday went back to SGH Haematology Centre to pick up my expensive meds (20 Tabs for $800+) and that only lasts me for a week. While the pharmacy was still not opened, I made myself at home as usual, chatting with the nurses and some of the regular patients at the clinic. Thru one of them I learnt about a 4 year old cancer patient by the name of Charmaine (look for the fiesty princess in Google), her father divorced the mum when she got sick and now the mum supports her and the older brother on her own. Her only cure is in the US and will cost about S$250,000. So family and friends put up a website to raise funds for their daily expenses and also her treatment.
Seriously I really don't understand how is it not possible for medical expenses to be more affordable or at least humane. Why too are kids being made to suffer like this, needless to say why a good person that has done no evil in his lifetime? I too have a 5 year old boy and when I read that it really pains me.
Last month, I had to bring my kid to the polyclinic to get two lumps on his foot checked out though he is not in pain, we wanted to be sure. However the wait to even get registered was fustrating. And all the doc did was a quick examine and write a referral letter for KKH, it all took less than 15mins but the earlier waiting time took about 2 hrs. No wonder many old folks including my dad complains about going to the polyclinic. By the way, he and his kaki goes to the polyclinic as early as 6.30am to Q up for his regular diabetic checkups in order to get home before lunch. Is this what retirement life suppose to be? Come to think of it my weekly follow up at SGH also takes about half a day but that is because of the numerous blood tests that I have to go thru and the doctor needs to go for her rounds at the wards in the morning.
I'm not trying to sound more sympathetic towards the hospital docs versus the polyclinic's but after being hospitalised in the ward for about 2 months, I'm more aware of their daily life. But there are bad apples too which I did gave them a piece of my mind, sadly despite being weak and sick then.
Nonetheless are doctors nowadays going too much for a quick fix or are they losing their bedside manners? Perhaps you guys can share with me. So stay healthy and active always. Cheers.
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