An 18 yr old kid lost his life after someone slashed him with a sickle. He ws taken to a private hospital immediately. Alas as usual in Malaysia, money talks.. the kid’s uncle didn’t hv RM 5000 at tht moment and the hospital refused to treat him.
The procedure for any wound tht bleeds profusely is the same. explore the wound in the ot and stabilize. Time is precious..
So wht would u do to the dr who denied the treatment and the hospital tht has such a policy tht money first before treatment?
Wht is even more ironic is the kid who lost his life is from a very rich & affluencial family. His parents work for the Prime minister’s dept. He studied in the international school( for those uninitiated, average Malaysian Joe can’t send their kids to international school.. because u need a special permit and it is only given specially..like the kids of the prime minister etc)
This is not the first time this has happend in Malaysia. 2 yrs ago I remember the same thing happend to an accident victim in Penang who ws denied emergency medical care because he didn’t hv money on him and this won’t be the last time this happen.
How can a country treat its own kind like this? Is money everything? Wht happend to ethics and oath?
As a doctor I am glad I left Malaysia. I hv seen enough..
Daughters of Tomorrow
abuse and rot, welcome to the 21st century….
cheers.
Joec.. it is hear breaking to see, on one hand we hv the best health care facility in the world and on the other hand our own young ones are dying…It is just not right
Doc.
Ever wonder when our beloved country will eventually have a funtioning Emergency Response system like Canada?
we won’t hv an efficient ER. we will never hv, because we are educating morons in the local uni. and then pay them peanuts and keep them for another 4 yrs under the compulsory rule. Those with exp leave and each year new morons enter the emergency dept…it is a vicious cycle.. we are a country with so much potential, but with wrong priorities