Tag Archives: Patient

A commuter who needs a walking aid was grateful to a patient SMRT bus captain who waited for him to get on the bus. He said this is not the first time the bus captain waited quite a while for his passengers. Ups la uncle!

A 9 year old girl from Indonesia needs help for cancer treatment in Singapore as she is not entitled to subsidies. She needs to operate ASAP as the cancerous cells have spread to her lungs and she may not be able to make it. The bill is expected to go up to $250,000. #GetWellSoon :(

My brother in law is not getting the treatment he needs at Mount Elizabeth Novena. The nurses have nearly administered him 4x his recommended prescription FIVE TIMES in the span of 24 hours because they had not been keeping track of when they were giving him his medication. It could kill him.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, widely rumoured to be in the running for the prime minister position before suffer a stroke in May, has returned to office.

Yesterday I received a SMS reminder from KK hospital about an appointment that I did not have. It turns out that they had mistakenly a reminder for someone else's appointment to my handphone number. I am wondering if it is ethical and morally right for a hospital to send the SMS reminder to the wrong person because now I know the identity of the person who is seeking treatment from which doctor for which disease. Where is the doctor-patient confidentiality?

In February 2015, 25 year-old Aung Phyo Thu had punched, kicked, and elbowed the patient on his back, head, legs and body multiple times, which caused the latter to sustain two fractured ribs. Aung is currently out on bail, which has been set at S$20,000 and has his passport impounded. As part of his bail conditions, he is also not allowed contact with the victim. Do you think the standard of patient care in Singapore has dropped since hospitals hired foreigners?

On Tuesday (6th Oct), SGH admitted that there was an outbreak of hepatitis C and that the cause may be linked to a lapse in the use of multi-dose medication vials. The outbreak has affected 22 patients since 17th April, with the 22nd case being detected on 18th September. At the moment, 4 out of 8 deaths related are believed to be linked to this incident.

My bad experience in a clinic I first time visit at North area.. I went to the clinic somewhere in the north side today and was shock to hear the response of the nurse (counter lady) Fyi, my first time visiting that particular clinic..