When we are sick and need to see a specialist in the hospital,
we need a referral letter from the polyclinic to become a
subsidised patient, otherwise we will be treated as a private
patient.
As a subsidised patient, we need to wait for many months before
we can see a specialist but as a private patient we can see a
specialist within a week in the same outpatient clinic of the same
government hospital.
So, no money do not fall sick otherwise we have to suffer
quietly and condition to deteriorate before we can see the
specialist many months later.
How come the governemnt
hospitals cannot practise the policy of any patient which
requires specialists' attention (ie patients that are given
referral letters by polyclinic dcotors) will be seen by a
senior consultant or consultant
doctor first within a week or two. After the first consultation,
the patient will
then be
assigned a specialist (Registrar, Assoc Consulant, Consultant or
Senior Consultant) based on his or her specific
condition. A more serious condition will be given an earlier date
and a less
serious
condition can be given a later date.
Under this
new system, patients do not have to suffer quietly and conditions
to deteriorate and tests can be done and be
readied for the second consultation.
Please comment.