Pls change privatised govt hospitals to statutory boards

cherry_garcia SG

It is not a waste. Put yourself in the shoes of the specialist. I am sure you have been to a subsidised specialist clinic in a hospital or to a Govt polyclinic - subsidised clinics are extremely demanding to run. The no of patients to see is just endless. There is often no time to eat or even visit the loo on days that the specialists are in subsidised clinic. I know of subsidised clinics that have to run till past 9pm to finish, way past official 5pm clinic closing time.

Is it fair to expect the specialists to have to see subsidised cases on their private lists if their private lists are not full? Since the subsidised cases are deemed non emergency, what does this achieve really?

My guess is if specialists were forced to bite the bullet and run these clinics, there'd be a mass exodus out to private practice... Shocked

PRP SG

Do u mean govt specialists earn more income seeing private patients?

If a specialist's private patients are not fully booked,i don't see why he shouldn't use his unused working time to see susidised patients.

oxford mushroom SG

LOL...the specialist's clinic schedule is ALWAYS fully booked...I know cos' I used to work in a public hospital..An empty slot does not mean that a specialist is free during that time. We have other responsibilities apart from running clinics. Have you forgotten about the patients in the hospital wards, the operating theatres, hospital conferences with other specialists, meeting with relatives, administrative duties, teaching medical students and research?

PRP SG

U claimed a specialist clinic is ALWAYS fully booked,then u talked about "an empty slot".Aren't u contradict yourself?

Fair enuf,a govt hospital specialist is very busy and he has other resposnisblilities besides seeing patients in clinic.But the time alocated for him to see patients in clinic,i think he should spend the time there unless there is urgent duties he has to attend.

oxford mushroom SG

You were the one who claim to see empty slots in a doctor's schedule. I am saying that some slots may be left empty because the doctor has to be deployed elsewhere. The staffing situation in government hospitals is so tight that if one colleague is on leave or sick, others will have to be re-deployed.

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