Life is actually good, ppl
Urgh...I have written an artice abt Brits drinking habit, and for some unknown reason it failed to be published and lost them all. Tensen2x.
How's life? Life has been quite a bore this weekdays. Should be doing Prescribing online course, but tgh malas. I did the first module and spotted the mistakes, so informed Dr A F. He appreciated that :> Nice to know he gonna be my consultant for Health Care of the Elderly in Newham hospital (according to Lynette) next year. Apparently his teaching is excellent.
I have been bloghopping. Its enlighting to read about other people life and most have a good life ie good career, health, academic excellence, wealth. I hope you all appreciate that. It also makes me wonder for those who doesn't have computer access, do other people know about their life?
I spend time in Malaysian hospital last September. It's eye opening. Life can be really difficult in Malaysia. Money, status (and health) talks. If you are not working because of illness etc, no one will take care of you. If your child is ill, you take time off, employer can easily fired you because of missed days. You end up jobless, (family arguments will follow soon) and your sick child needs care (not mention the possibility that he/she gonna die). Doesn't it sound like doomsday?
Now imagine you live somewhere in Kampung/felda/cities up north or in south. Suddenly your beloved child fall sick with leukaemia or other childhood cancer, and hospital with that kind of specialities is only in Kuala Lumpur. To make it worse, you have no cars. You only earn around RM 300-400 a month in Felda. But because of your love for your child, you go to hospital. You take the bus for a 3 hours journey every month. Most of the money your family earn goes into transport and there isn't much left for other needs.
I know these group of people because I am involved in their or his/her child care. I wish I could make a difference through:
(1) change the policy for employer for parents (for those in private sector particularly) with sick child. Protect parents right. (to all my well-off friends out there who own companies, please don't fire your employees if this happen to one of your workers. Have a heart)
(2)Persuade the hospital to arrange patients transport facilities for free. (am wondering if datuks/datins or rich people outthere are willing to do or start this kind of charities)
(3)Living allowance for these unfortunate people. Providing free treatment is not the only answer because what's going on beyond hospital is also important.
(4) I wish dialysis can be provided for free to kidney failure patients.
Dialysis is RM 60 per session (this is subsidized by charities eg: National Kidney Foundation) and RM 150 per session in private hospital. These patients need to do this 3 times a week. I will let you make the calculations how much it costs per year. Even my Brits colleagues went aghast when I mention the cost.
(5) I wish most ppl are willing to donate organs.
Those kidney patients CAN be CURED with kidney transplant. But because of how our Malaysian community behave (this is well written in an article by Malaysia Medical Association) - not willing to donate organs, kidney patients in MALAYSIA don't have this choice of cure. The one with money goes abroad for search of available donor for transplant.
So, to sum up, life is actually good to you people!
How's life? Life has been quite a bore this weekdays. Should be doing Prescribing online course, but tgh malas. I did the first module and spotted the mistakes, so informed Dr A F. He appreciated that :> Nice to know he gonna be my consultant for Health Care of the Elderly in Newham hospital (according to Lynette) next year. Apparently his teaching is excellent.
I have been bloghopping. Its enlighting to read about other people life and most have a good life ie good career, health, academic excellence, wealth. I hope you all appreciate that. It also makes me wonder for those who doesn't have computer access, do other people know about their life?
I spend time in Malaysian hospital last September. It's eye opening. Life can be really difficult in Malaysia. Money, status (and health) talks. If you are not working because of illness etc, no one will take care of you. If your child is ill, you take time off, employer can easily fired you because of missed days. You end up jobless, (family arguments will follow soon) and your sick child needs care (not mention the possibility that he/she gonna die). Doesn't it sound like doomsday?
Now imagine you live somewhere in Kampung/felda/cities up north or in south. Suddenly your beloved child fall sick with leukaemia or other childhood cancer, and hospital with that kind of specialities is only in Kuala Lumpur. To make it worse, you have no cars. You only earn around RM 300-400 a month in Felda. But because of your love for your child, you go to hospital. You take the bus for a 3 hours journey every month. Most of the money your family earn goes into transport and there isn't much left for other needs.
I know these group of people because I am involved in their or his/her child care. I wish I could make a difference through:
(1) change the policy for employer for parents (for those in private sector particularly) with sick child. Protect parents right. (to all my well-off friends out there who own companies, please don't fire your employees if this happen to one of your workers. Have a heart)
(2)Persuade the hospital to arrange patients transport facilities for free. (am wondering if datuks/datins or rich people outthere are willing to do or start this kind of charities)
(3)Living allowance for these unfortunate people. Providing free treatment is not the only answer because what's going on beyond hospital is also important.
(4) I wish dialysis can be provided for free to kidney failure patients.
Dialysis is RM 60 per session (this is subsidized by charities eg: National Kidney Foundation) and RM 150 per session in private hospital. These patients need to do this 3 times a week. I will let you make the calculations how much it costs per year. Even my Brits colleagues went aghast when I mention the cost.
(5) I wish most ppl are willing to donate organs.
Those kidney patients CAN be CURED with kidney transplant. But because of how our Malaysian community behave (this is well written in an article by Malaysia Medical Association) - not willing to donate organs, kidney patients in MALAYSIA don't have this choice of cure. The one with money goes abroad for search of available donor for transplant.
So, to sum up, life is actually good to you people!
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