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It's pretty scary to see a doctor here coz there isnt any private GPs clinics like in Spore. You have to go to a hospital to see a doctor, and somehow the thought of going to a 'hospital' seems pretty intimidating for me. To make things worse, the usual prescription is to put you on the drip (ouch!) - even for a fever. So, I ALWAYS have reservations about that, and prefer going to the many pharmacies here. Even then, the many many medicines are equally disturbing. The entire hospital procedure is extremely confusing too, and i wonder how can a patient walk around so much when he's sick.

Here's the works:
1. Register your name
2. Go to a counter to pay $ (for the consultation)
3. Go to another Level/Dept/Room to see the Doctor...who will ask you to do a blood test/xray. (review: the room is very bare and 'open'. Other patients will always try to cut in even when the doctor is talking to you. There is no system whose turn it is. Other doctors/nurses will also come in to do 'duno wat'.)
4. Go back to the 1st floor to pay $ (for the tests)
5. Go to another Level/Dept/Room for blood test/xray. Repeat if there's more tests
6. Go back to see the Doctor with the results....but usually nothing is wrong with your blood/organs etc
7. Go back to the 1st floor to pay $ (for the medication)
8. Go collect your medicine (which will be always be THROWN at you)
NOTE: All signages in the hospitals are in Chinese. So it's MORE confusing!

O ya! Elvis & i am sure that if anyone wears a white long coat in the hospital, he can definitely go into ANY room! All the doors are so open - even the more "specialised rooms" like CT,ECG, what have you...

Once, i had do do an ultrasound scan in my stomach. I was lying on the bed...and a few nurses came into the room to change into their clothes to go home! WOW! Apparently, their staff lockers are in the same room. (???!!!)

Today, i went to the hospital for cough, flu & sore throat that had gone on for a week. I had to do a blood test + Xray! The blood test was done with much force applied to my ring finger! OUCH! For the xray, i was told to hug a thin metal frame-like structure, and i wondered if i'll be eletrocuted! I really dont understand the need for such treatments. Anyway, my xray was pretty cute in a small A5-sized film! So i'm going to keep it as a souvenir. =)

Elvis once went to see the doctor for a stiff neck problem that was bugging him. He had to take a blood test & xray too...and his flim was HUGE! It was bigger than A3-size and i have problems storing it away! Haha...