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Patient Healthcare
By peace | April 22, 2008
The once old KKH had undergone so much changes. Over the past few years, I had visited here, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and this is another great change today.
Towards Better Healthcare
I need more time to put up the beautiful photographs or rather the beautiful ‘new’ place which I had visited on Saturday, 19th April 2008. Meanwhile, this will be the photographs I will show you first.
No Safe, No Save, No Service
Ricsson did not get better on Saturday morning. The whole night, he did not sleep well. He told me he did not sleep at all. I could see his dark panda eyes. I was awoken by his cries. He had severe headache, very loud pain he cried. Then he said he felt like vomiting and the next moment, he rushed to the toilet. He was burning hot. His temperature was more than 40 degree celsius, about 40.6. I was so scared. I gave him medication, but he vomited everything out. I looked for the doctor’s medicines, just to check if there was any emergency number (even though I knew there wasn’t, but still try). Even though I know that no one will answer, I still call, just in case…. but no one answer. Can you imagine, no emergency number AT ALL at a family clinic? That is something which all doctor should look into, since they are providing ‘private’ service and charging us more expensive than what the Polyclinic!
Anyway, Richard suggested sending him to the hospital. So we did.
Destined…
The next problem, our transportation. Sick and need a comfortable and safe journey to the hospital, which cab should we take? Ricsson and I wanted the white colour one, the Premier Cab, but we did not know the number to dial (now we like the white cab already, silver cab is history). In the end, we just waited for our destined cab to come.
This is the type of taxi which I took to go KKH in the morning, and this taxi was what I had chosen to go back home the same day, which was my choice, and which was my mistake, but another lesson learn, and was meant to be…
Air is all that Matter
At first, we had a chance to take a cab, rather old and small type, but we were hesitating and waiting for a better one. Later, the new Comfort Blue Taxi came, and we took that. It was drove by Chinese, and that was the first time we took this ‘new’ Comfort Blue Taxi (Plain one, no picture, no painting, only the word Comfort). Good, no smell, no odour, comfortable, although it was not perfect, some dirty stains on the side of the door. It was a comfortable journey, and I really feel comfortable(after comparing it especially with the return journey experience later on, really really scary and terrible nightmare in the return journey…. talk later)
All Well, I well
As Ricsson was sick, children is always our main concern. If the children feel comfortable, we as parents also feel more at ease. So in this case, both of us are all comfortable. On the way, Ricsson did not vomit already. At home he vomited four times!
Different Spectacle I am wearing now
The children sat quietly in the cab, and I had my peace. On the highway, SLE, my heart was moved gradually. Singapore Sports School was what I always see. As the car was bringing us to our destination, the music made everything complete. I was totally seem mesmerised, as I passed by the schools, the roads, seen the trees(my favourite trees especially), the changes to Singapore — the road I used to have travel, but that day, everything was different, both feeling and sight.
The Saints Still Marching On
The JC is currently located at the former SASS site at 55 Potong Pasir Avenue 1. A sheltered pedestrian bridge across the Kallang River connects the JC to the secondary & junior schools across the river. Students at the college are called “Saints”.
Yes, I wake up, woke up.
To truly become Saints, the servant leaders of tomorrow, who serve the community selflessly, we must empower our students. To do this we will strive to impart the skills necessary for them to explore and meet the challenges of tomorrow confidently. We will strive to nurture in them the values that will serve as both beacon and ballast. We will strive to equip them with the leadership skills to become positive agents for change and provide them opportunities to hone these skills.
Wind of Change
Tears filled my eyes as I passed by St Andrew Junior College, and next a SMRT Bus with picture of police catching thief passed by our cab. This was accompanied by the song ‘Wind of Change‘, everything climax at this point. This song led me to KKH, I saw the pond (the small garden beside it) filled with lilies, so beautiful. I always wanted to go, but…..
My last trip, I stepped out of the cab, Giddy like hell…
Anyway, we reached our destination safely, and ’song song’ (comfortably) reached KKH, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, the largest medical facility in Singapore which provides specialised care for women, babies and children. Another eye-opening experience ….
Stand Up For Singapore
We are patients, and we are patient when we know that we can trust you, and this I experienced, and at this point so far, this is the start of trust, at least for now. And this is a good start, a real good start, a positive progress, a brighter future we can look forward to. When All The Saints Go Marching In…..
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April 23rd, 2008 at 1:23 am
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