If I depend on University Hospital's Emergency Room for help, I WOULD'VE DIED TODAY!I wasn't feeling well but I went to work anyway today. Right after lunch, I was having difficulty breathing and my colleagues rushed to the ER at 3pm, after the doctor at a nearby clinic referred me.
I was barely conscious, and my whole body was getting numb. The last thing I remembered was getting on my HR Manager's car. My friend who went with me, told me I was unconscious, and it freaked him out because he thought that I was dead! And but of course, I didn't die. I woke up 3 hours later to find that the doctor is still NOT READY to see me! Do I have to drop dead there and then and have maggots crawling all over me before I'm classified as a serious case?!
My HR told me that at the clinic, they we're told that I was hyperventilating and I needed medical attention, which was why I was referred to the Emergency Room with a written letter. I'm not sure what was written on that letter, the nurses at University Hospital just somehow concluded that I wouldn't die, and left us waiting for 3 hours!
After 3 hours of waiting, when it was finally my chance to see the doctor, I wasn't even asked of how I was feeling at the time and instead she asked me what sickness I had. Erm... I dunno, I was hyperventilating, my body was numb, nobody attended to me, I lost consciousness... And when I asked her about what could've triggered the that, she completely dodge my question and said: "I'm giving you some flu medicine." Dare i ask: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?! Did I waited 3 hours to have my question dodge?! Or is she not well-trained enough to give me an answer?!
And the best part is, when I asked her if I needed to be admitted for checking, she said: "You're free to go. If the symptoms persists come back again tomorrow." AND DO WHAT?! WAIT FOR ANOTHER 3 HOURS?! WTF!!!
When my HR Manager discovered that she didn't give me an MC, he asked me to get an MC from her to rest for a couple of days before going back to work. The response I got from her was: "It's ok, you can go back to work tomorrow." AND WHAT? GET ANOTHER ATTACK HALF WAY THROUGH WORK?! NOT KNOWING WHAT IS THE CAUSE AND GO THROUGH ALL THIS AGAIN?! IS THIS HOW PATIENTS ARE NORMALLY TREATED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM? To be fair to her, she did wrote an MC for me for TODAY. Which was pointless cause my HR wanted to be off work TOMORROW! NOT TODAY!!! hEllO~!
And guess what? Researching online, I found that I'm not the only person who was getting this shitass treatment! Read what the other blogger has to say about it >>Here<<
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