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* Ill tempered staff.

* Ill tempered staff.
* Trainee doctors on constant rotation.
* Each day's doctors give conflicting advice/diagnosis/scans/treatment
* Long waiting hours for A&E (2+ hrs)
* Long waiting hours for ward (add. 2+ hrs, minimum)
* Long appt time for CT scan if not class A ward (5 days vs next day)
* Expedite kicking patients out of ICU and ward if non critical.

If you are alive and stable, they will make you wait. Even if you just had a heart attack, stroke, fracture, open wound. Waiting for A&E. Afterwards, waiting for bed. Come at 8pm, warded at 5am.

My mom was recommended to discharge without any diagnosis, while still high risk of fever, UTI or blood septicaemia. She was readmitted to A&E the very next day.

My uncle had kidney stone. Doctor said based on CT, need surgery to remove because the stone is too big for vibration to disperse. 5 hrs later, the nurse say can discharge tmr, no issue. Consistency much?! What about the stone, for goodness sake?!

My aunt was moved out of ICU, despite in coma a few days ago due to high blood pressure. They needed ICU turnover cos no space, so they kicked out patients of lower priority. Without ICU observation, she died the next morning in normal ward.

Do you want shoddy diagnosis? Long waiting times? Discharged for ward space rather than proper observatory care? Don't come to SGH or NUH. Esp if its critical and very discomforting, because time window/lousy diagnosis/ward turnover vs ethics/ will kill you or your loved ones.

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