It IS indeed a shame. That a significant number of postings here are Presumptious, Assuming, Clueless and so Careless in their Blames and Accusations of the Medical Profession here as a whole.

The Medical Staff, local and foreign in TTSH where my aunt was warded before she past away… WAS CERTAINLY… UNProfessional… Or even Deliberately So as some of the comments posted here suggested. Far from it!

A. But first on Health Minister Khaw’s blame on that pump manufacturer. Indeed he must have been told by KKH. But that beckoned the SIMPLE Question as to why niether did…

1. Mr. Khaw mention about KKH OR him asking KKH to IMMEDIATELY MARK those 2 DIFFERENTLY RATED Pump Units with Permanent Paint for IDENTIFICANTION???

2. And ALSO… Why is it that KKH’s “Medical Safety” Department Unit DID NOT have this done and the manufacturer informed to date???

3. Thus… Why did Mr. Khaw who WAS NOT there when it happen… ABLE TO Dismiss it as NOT due to Staff Fatigue from work overload??? Clearly, he couldn’t have known then except informed by KKH Supervisory/Senior Staff!… Sounds more like a TACTICAL response by Mr. Khaw to protect KKH or not?!!!

B. Secondly, about medical staff in hospitals. Depending on ward type Class and illness(es) in any ward… The Stress Level and it’s Occurance Frequencies DO differ. And certain old folks DO add to their Stress due partly to their Lower Thresholds of Pain & Etc Tolerance. Lack of knowledge and understanding about their medical conditions, cause of their illness(es) and it’s changes Plus EFFECTS of Medications ARe also contributing factors!…

My aunt was well-cared for in TTSH. no doubt about that. But I witnessed all the stress in her wards – BOTH patients and staff! And due in part to education and lack of “Strret-wise” working experience… I noted and gingerly communicated with doctors and physiotherapists that…

1. It is NOT a good idea to explain 100% truth to all patients… Especially those old and ignorant of their conditions and who also Clamour About wanting to go home before they are medically fit to. As the doctors can unwittingly cause their patients to PESTER their NURSES about discharging them. Why?… And the cause…

2. I told them never to explain to such patients like my aunt about this and that they have to do… BECAUSE they won’t, don’t or even refuse to except any sane medical reasoning for needing to be ward for some more days!!!…

3. That said… I told them never to say that tomorrow is a Saturday, there’ll be no physio and following day is a Sunday… So we’ll see you (Patient) on Monday! It’s A WHAMMY to a Die-Hard patient who insist endlessly to go home home!

DOTORS and Dear FLORENCE NIGHTGALE NURSES out there!!!… Please take careful note here… That…

Sometimes more IS less… And less IS MORE!!! God Bless You All!!!

KKSHite on Thu, 19th Nov 2009 1:13 pm said:
Doctors and pharmacists nowadays are only concerned about making money, more money and digging money for their patients. Gone are the days where doctors are there to help the common peoople. Now they are gold-diggers. This happens when the selection criteria for NUS medicine students is so dubious that those admitted are either rich, politicians’ kids or come from a long line of doctors.

this is not true. there are students in NUS medicine who are rich, politicians’ kids and/or come from a long line of doctors but they in no way make up the whole body of medical students. also, medical education is heavily subsidised and every student, regardless of social/financial background, has to serve a 5-6 year bond (depending on nationality) in the public health sector.

Doctors and pharmacists nowadays are only concerned about making money, more money and digging money for their patients. Gone are the days where doctors are there to help the common peoople. Now they are gold-diggers. This happens when the selection criteria for NUS medicine students is so dubious that those admitted are either rich, politicians’ kids or come from a long line of doctors.

This is what will mostly likely happen…..they probably will apologize to the families involved and maybe even compensate by way of free followup treatment…..but on the condition that compensation terms are not to be revealed….doesn’t this sound so familiar, what with all the out of court settlements….so that the general public remains dumb and stupid

Hmmmm, and finally whichever PR angency they employed….useless I must say, probably advised the client to say the usual standard PR statements….and that is why we hate PR so much…PR is just a nice term for people who practise the art of sweeping dirt under the carpet and damage control professionals…in fact i think SQ did a shade better with their PR by coming out to apologize after the SQ006 fiasco

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The real “Jim” never ever touched on problems afecting individuals. He is more concerned about things at the macro level, the problems facing society at large. Therefore, I do not believe this “Jim” is the same Jim that we are familiar with. He could have been blocked out by TR because his views are very substantive and cogent, but is threatens the “whiteness” of the PAP regime with his disclosures of so many events which the public did not know.

Looks like someone has taken oo-opted the pen name Jim to pretend he is the one who has been making very relevant and pertinent questions regarding government practices, and “malpractices” as well.

The “candour” in the comments of this new “Jim” is definitely not the same. So , who is the imposter. TR knows very well. An ISD operative.