Weekdays To Fall Sick

You know, I don't quite understand how clinics and hospitals operate here in KL. I mean... the experienced doctors and specialists are only on duty on weekdays... Come weekends, the trainees or "keh leh feh" doctors will then be in charged...

But harlow... what happens if there's an emergency??? I know... the "keh leh feh" docs would then quickly call the experienced doctors to come back la right... But pity the poor patients man... You mean they are expected to wait in pain or worst still go home without medication and come back on a weekday for detailed checks??? WTF???!!!

My parents had been sick for the past 2 days with non-stop fever, cough and flu. But my mom's condition was more serious. Yesterday she experienced numbness on her face (couldn't feel her own lips even). So today we went to Pantai Medical in Bangsar to get her checked. Doc mentioned that the numbness could be a symptom of stroke thus she was asked to immediately take a series of scans and tests. Meanwhile, the specialist was so called on the way.

But once the brain scan showed no signs of stroke, the doc was quick to say, come back tomorrow for a detailed check by another specialist. And in the meantime, my mom was asked to stop taking the antibiotic prescribed by another "keh leh feh" doctor... and yet, she wasn't given any medication for tonight!

So can you imagine our frustration??? We were all worried like hell but the docs can't seemed to be bothered to take any serious actions. Just a casual: Come back tomorrow...

Really, I think there is something very wrong with that attitude. In Chinese, there is a saying that goes "Yee Ceh Fu Mou Sum" which is loosely translated as doctors are like parents - I mean when you're sick, your parents would be the one who would be the most worried about you and would do anything and everything that they can to ensure that you get well... But doctors today??? Sigh...

So I guess the moral of the story is really...
IF YOU WANNA GET SICK - MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE TO FALL SICK ON A WEEKDAY!

You may then ask:
Who wants to get sick in the first place...
And how in the world can one choose to fall sick on a weekday???
My point precisely!

Perhaps someone should tell that to the Health Ministry.