Not only SGH, Tan Tock Seng Hospital also overwhelmed!

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Not only SGH, Tan Tock Seng Hospital also overwhelmed!


November 10th, 2013 | Author: Contributions



Agreed. Not only SGH , same with TTS as well.

I was there with my father this week for an appointment seeing the eye
specialist. Suppose to be routine appointment at 2pm. However, by the time we
left, it was about 5 plus ( half day gone ). I still see a lot of patients as we
move out.

A lot of time spent wasted on waiting. I see quite a number of foreign
patients as well ( about 40 – 50% ) though they may be PRs or new citizens?
During the long wait, I heard local uncles & aunties in the same situation
chit-chatting, complaining about all this foreign patients free riding on our
medical subsidies.

Next we have a lot of foreign nurses ( mostly Pinoys ) who have no problem
speaking English. However a lot of our uncles / aunties / elderly cannot speak
English but only Chinese or Dialect or Malay. Time again wasted in
communicating. They need another 3rd party ( Chinese nurse ) to help translate.
Same issue with my father ( not educated ) if i had not accompany him even
though he can go to TTSH himself. What I feel glad is some of our Malay / Indian
local nurses able to speak simple Chinese or dialect like Hokkien or Cantonese
which prove to be very helpful & solve part of the problems.

I wonder why the hospitals or ministry don’t send all these Pinoys to learn
Chinese and ensure that they pass some Chinese proficiency tests. In Japan
healthcare sector, Pinoy nurses need to learn Japanese & their language
skill will be assessed. Even Pinoy nurses already have nursing qualifications,
they are still required to go OJT & study plus pass the Japanese nursing
course / test before they can continue. Really strict & tough &
professional too.



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