The Bitter Taste of Medicine

Wonder who's the culprit....who is the master carrier of the germs amongst us? Right now I'm confused already who's spreading the germs to who. I thought KK was the one who brought his cough and runny nose to XX, who then spread it to me and Hubby. But then last night, KK got fever of 40 degrees. Now, following the footsteps of XX and Hubby, he's on anti-biotics as well....sigh. I'm the only one now who's not on it. Wonder if I'm immune or is it coming soon?

From left to right: XX, KK and Hubby's anit-biotics

Last afternoon, when KK got back from school, he complained that he had stomachache the whole day in school and felt unwell. He looked pretty listless and lethagic, unlike his usual self. He took a nap and awoke in the evening with high fever.



Hubby decided to bring him to the doctor. He called the clinic who advised him to go to the emgency unit at the nearby hospital. He left with KK and came back about one hour later, without seeing any doctors. What happened was he waited 30 mins at the hospital only to see a nurse that does registeration. The nurse told him the wait to see the doctor would take several hours. However they are only allowed half an hour of parking and being new here, Hubby does not know where is the alternative parking. Hubby then decided to return to our neighbourhood clinic instead. However when he got there, the clinic was turning away patients as the 'doctor was behind time'. Frustrated, Hubby went over to the pharmacy and bought medications over the counter instead. KK finally saw the doctor this morning.



I wasn't surprised to hear about the several hours of waiting time at the Emergency Unit. Even in S'pore, this is common, what's more in Australia where medicare is free, so of course there will be more patients. However I was surprised to hear about the clinic turning away patients even within the clinic's operating hours. Is that ethical? And there's like only ONE clinic in the suburb. In S'pore, I know of one clinic once whose doctor operated 2 hours after closing time just to clear all the patients in the queue.



I was telling Hubby that either that doctor in S'pore love money so much or they feel it is their duty to see all who needs help. Well guess over here, the doctors going off on time is more important than patients or money. Whatever it is, it sure leaves a bitter taste in our mouth.