How effective is our Health System?

Jpa made a request for me to undergo a medical checkup to ensure i'm not rigged with any bugs or fatal illnesses before flying off to Scotland.And yes once again at my own expense.So i had 2 options; either a private hospital at a minimum cost of RM300 or government hospital at half the amount.Guess which one i chose?

I made a bold choice by choosing government hospital.Bold, i say?Why?It takes 1 month for the medical report to be ready compared to 3days in a private hospital.Sweat!!!Is it that hard to fill in some forms?Pleaseeee.....let my briefing be in August or it'll never be ready in time.

The whole process of getting the checkup done was more like a journey of endurance and patience rather then anything else.I started off towards the hospital at 9am.By the time Ben and I located a building called Wisma Kayu for the medical checkup,it was already 10am.In that short time,we already navigated a huge part of the hospital ground and me being a smart ass wore heels.Ouch!!!

Procedure :

-Queue up for some one to check my offer letter and medical checkup form
-Given a bill,to be paid at the Maternity Building (walk some more)
-Come back,queue again to get waiting number
-Wait,wait,wait,wait,wait.....till number was called...(time 12.45/50)
-Receive instructions,blood was drawn.
-Picked up 2 bottles for urine sample.
-Manage to deposit one at the Wisma Kayu,need to go to another building to deposit the other.But...government office,lunch time close.(which means...throw away sample,collect another at 2pm...major sweat case)
-Walk all the way to X-ray department,repeat ;queue,number,register and wait again.
-Decided to take short cut and run down to get Mantoux Test for tuberculosis.Thank you dear Medical Assistant and nurses who where willing to give us the jab even after the appropriate hours.That was the best thing that happened the whole day.(For your info,Mantoux Test in government hospital is only available on Tuesdays till before 1pm)


Mantoux Jab..
-Wait,wait,wait for X-ray.I'm pretty sure they are not good with numbers because Ben's number was 7081 but he went in much earlier then my 7080.Siau lar these people.
-Went down to do second urine sample...argh..
-Walk back to Wisma Kayu because we were told to.But the Registrar say actually we didn't have to.Would probably smack someone if not for the fact that i wanted to change my next appointment date.

Done at 3.30pm.Took 5 freaking hours...didn't go back to work on that day needless to say.
That's the price for being money savvy or a scrooge some would say.If you were wondering if that is all for a medical check up?The answer is no...the other half will be done when i go back a month later.Talk about efficiency.I love my country for all it's natural gifts,trust me beaches,parks,hills,mountains all international standards but when it comes to the healthcare system that i'm going to serve in the future,I'm not that optimistic.Hopes are up that things will change in the future.Hopefully..

First meal of the day at 4pm.(Well maybe after Dutch Lady Choc Milk)