I just got my bills from the hospitals for my recent stays and surgery. And my suggestion to any Singaporean expecting such bills is to go online and read all you can about the state of the American healthcare system, and you will actually be happy to see your bills when you think about the alternative. No kidding, I really was!
Days before I received the billing, I had gone online and stumbled upon some forum discussion of the US healthcare system versus the European socialist nationalised system. From what I managed to read and researched online about both systems, Singapore is in a pretty good place as far as I am concerned, even if we do have junior doctors in the A&E who do not seem to know their injections.
During my visit to one of the hospitals recently, I happen to read one of those "kudos" letters that was posted on one of the hospital notice boards. It was from a French patient, who made the comment that the quality of Singapore healthcare as he experienced in that hospital exceeded that of his native country, which had the reputation of having the best healthcare system in Europe. Sure, it was only one person, and he was probably a loaded expat and could pay for all the best here, but still, receiving an accolade like this still means something.
So, for all my whines about lousy doctors and hospital experiences earlier, I still want to say, "Well done".
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