That is the heart of the issue!!! So true!
Cheers!
Cheers!
......... The PAP is not doing us in. It's our own countrymen.
......... The PAP is not doing us in. It's our own countrymen.
My relative has 4th stage lung cancer. He is 70yrs old, unemployed and stays in a 3-rm HDB flat. Recently I accompanied him for an oncologic imaging at SGH. The scan ended at abt 4.30pm. The radiographer informed him that the oncologist wanted to see him immediately.
He saw the oncologist at abt 5pm. The doctor told him that he had water in his lungs and advised that he be warded to have the fluid drained. My relative agreed.
The clinic nurse then came to interview him as follows:
Nurse: Uncle, what class ward do you like?
Patient: Class C
Nurse: How wld you like to pay for the bills
Patient: Medisave
Nurse: Ok. Thanks. I will go check for ward availability
Patient: Thank you
abt 30mins later....
Nurse: Sorry, uncle, no class C bed available. Can i put you in class B2. After subsidy it is only $75 per day
Patient: How much is a class C bed?
Nurse: $35 per day
Patient: Can I wait for Class C bed?
Nurse: Yes, but you may have to wait whole night, and if no bed, we will have to let you sleep along the corridor
Patient: I will wait for Class C bed
Nurse: Ok
Abt 15 mins later,
Nurse: good news, uncle, managed to get a class C bed for you. We can bring you to the ward. It is Block 6, Ward 3.
Patient: Thank you for your help
I accompanied my relative to the ward after registration.
Ward 3 had several empty beds. The ward nurse was very courteous and we exchanged greetings and a brief conversation as follows...
Me: Thank you, nurse. The ward has several empty beds.
Nurse: Yes, some empty beds
Me: But the clinic nurse told my relative that no Class C bed is available..
Nurse looked awkward and hurried away
Singaporeans are so pitiful to have a PM, Health Minister and Hospital who think nothing wrong abt telling lies just to get an extra $40 per day from a 70yr old, unemployed, terminally sick Singaporean who lives in a 3room HDB flat without any source of income.
What kind of govt exploit the poor, the terminally sick and the vulnerable? And this govt dares to preach graciousness and care to Singaporeans! What audacity!
That is the heart of the issue!!! So true!
Cheers!
It angers me to know about your relative's situation and the fact that he was almost made to pay more than he wanted too. And we are talking about the SGH here and not some used car dealer at Ubi. This is morally wrong! Glad he got the Class he wanted eventually. As you mentioned, he is simply glad to not have to pay more and blissfully ignorant of the larger scheme of things - an uncaring, greedy and morally bankrupt govt which most sinkies still support. The PAP is not doing us in. It's our own countrymen.
In this case you should raise a complaint - with the full details - to the Minister in charged for them to check thoroughly whether there is any malpractice of lying no class c bed available when there is. Of course it could also be just a mistake made by the nurse
Yes unfortunately this is real and very true. Lots of times Ministers r shocked at how their policies r implemented on the ground. Too many civil servants think they r mini kings and queens and apply the rules they see fit!
has ur relative tried drinking ginger water?
I dont blame the clinic nurse for telling my relative that there was no class C ward available when there were a few empty beds in ward 3 because she was perhaps just relaying what she received from the admission section. What I do blame is the govt and health care system which resort to telling lies, half truths and who lack compassion for the sick. It is a systemic problem brought abt by the pap's greed. This greed, instead of compassion, permeates throughout the SG system
It angers me to know about your relative's situation and the fact that he was almost made to pay more than he wanted too. And we are talking about the SGH here and not some used car dealer at Ubi. This is morally wrong! Glad he got the Class he wanted eventually. As you mentioned, he is simply glad to not have to pay more and blissfully ignorant of the larger scheme of things - an uncaring, greedy and morally bankrupt govt which most sinkies still support. The PAP is not doing us in. It's our own countrymen.
For a long long time, many oppositions politicians have tried to raise the profile on this. But the masses do not bother about these "liberal ideals." The main backbone behind this mindset is set by the daily newspaper, daily drumming the norms of Singapore's society into the minds of the readers. It is the newsletter of the PAP, and not a newspaper. There has NEVER ONCE been an editorial article that wasn't supportive of the PAP's intentions or plans. Unless the public dare to vote in someone like CSJ, nothing is going to change.
Cheers!
Are you sure it was a nurse that did the initial encounter with you and your relative? I say this because assigning and locating beds is an admin job. usually a unit clerk or some other position will be in charge of finding for spots patients, nurses are not usually so thoroughly knowledgeable about the various types of wards and their specific costs and what is the subsidy, etc. They are usually at the wards doing bedside nursing. Perhaps it was a bed assignment clerk dressed in a uniform that you mistook for a nurse? These clerks are basically instructed to max profits and are not to be mistaken for nurses whose priorities are patient care.
Wat a load of crock article..a 70 with 4 stage cancer and want to get him free treatment at tax payers expense? Its shit like tat which is fucking up ang mor lands...the best is to give him the Soylent Green option so he can die with dignity...i pity the tax payers if left wing liberal fuckwits takes over the country...
you think MOH and GKY dont know that this practice is done at SGH?
The usual reply, we dont own u a living. Wonder who really benefitted frm tis fuck up system in Shittypore?
Why you think they know? Is it a rampant malpractice with 5 recent cases reported in newspapers? If you or nobody else raise a complaint or feedback, how they know?
Heng Swee Kiat is one of them but unfortunately may not enjoy it to the fullest.
As it is a hospital practice and the staff know it. is it reasonable for me to say there is no reason for MOH or GKY not to know?