Ask a nurse anything u always wanted to know

[singlion]

2 events remaining :
1. SGH ward after the accident , and 2 nurses checked on me at Home
2.Test result of my heart performed by having my body pressed by a malay girl breasts doing the examination
Number 2 first NUH sent grab taxi free of charge to fetch me to Heart clinic
my number not showing and upon asking the counter was directed to a room number Dr. not in WAIT
Dr. not talking only interested in surgery of my heart A form was presented for me to sign.
Trick not working singlion called his bluff given the no. on the panel not showing.
singlion: All this is nonsense, He said nothing and did nothing.
singlion remembered the computer screen of my heart at Gleaneagle.
The valves working fine tester no interest beri quiet. singlion in normal working look at many computer screens in control rm setting

 

[Tangerine]

2 events remaining :
1. SGH ward after the accident , and 2 nurses checked on me at Home
2.Test result of my heart performed by having my body pressed by a malay girl breasts doing the examination
Number 2 first NUH sent grab taxi free of charge to fetch me to Heart clinic
my number not showing and upon asking the counter was directed to a room number Dr. not in WAIT
Dr. not talking only interested in surgery of my heart A form was presented for me to sign.
Trick not working singlion called his bluff given the no. on the panel not showing.
singlion: All this is nonsense, He said nothing and did nothing.
singlion remembered the computer screen of my heart at Gleaneagle.
The valves working fine tester no interest beri quiet. singlion in normal working look at many computer screens in control rm setting

Be careful of what SGH or NUH want to sign you off or test you. Always get a second opinion or if can afford go private. My experience.

 

[singlion]

Be careful of what SGH or NUH want to sign you off or test you. Always get a second opinion or if can afford go private. My experience.

Thx you. Events happening beri quickly. I had an overflow from the prostrate dat caused the legs to swell(poisoning) Knowing me son brought me to Gleaneagle Hospital and put in deposit 15000. I had a surgery to clear the blockage thr. an insertion. As it was an expensive affair followup I chose to discharge and followup thr. community clinic.
Some problem there but later allow to go to Jurong community clinic at Jurong. I had 5 days at home treatments from various peepurs injecting concoctions into me.
When the 5 days up, NUH tookover. Losing control fast. Another episode of not feeling well landed me at Ng Teng Fong hospital. I asked to be discharged later.
All the hospitals work together as a grp. NUH asked me to check my balls at NgTeng Fong hospital.

 

[Philipkee]

Be careful of what SGH or NUH want to sign you off or test you. Always get a second opinion or if can afford go private. My experience.

Actually private is not necessarily better. It really depends on the specialist.

 

[Tangerine]

Actually private is not necessarily better. It really depends on the specialist.

To some extent some Pte clinics(belonging to a chain) once start to get FT docs, quality & expertise do go down. Last time most Pte hospitals had mostly Sinkies well trained doc & nurses. Mt E kidney dialysis clinics all filled with FT nurses. Many local uni trained doc got out of bond & didn't want to continue at structured hospitals are actually good.

 

[Philipkee]

To some extent some Pte clinics(belonging to a chain) once start to get FT docs, quality & expertise do go down. Last time most Pte hospitals had mostly Sinkies well trained doc & nurses. Mt E kidney dialysis clinics all filled with FT nurses. Many local uni trained doc got out of bond & didn't want to continue at structured hospitals are actually good.

Unfortunately there is a shortage of nurses to go around so the public sector generally pays more for salaries. It’s easier to earn more in private, though.

Contradiction? Not really. Public pays more for nurses after factoring in the bonuses but in private, if you are good or willing, you can work overtime and get the overtime pay while in public, they try not to make people work overtime or sell their off days/annual leave.

 

[Tangerine]

Unfortunately there is a shortage of nurses to go around so the public sector generally pays more for salaries. It’s easier to earn more in private, though.

Contradiction? Not really. Public pays more for nurses after factoring in the bonuses but in private, if you are good or willing, you can work overtime and get the overtime pay while in public, they try not to make people work overtime or sell their off days/annual leave.

We self created the shortages by increasing population to 6.9m. Then we are not able to get good quality ones from 1st world & compromised with less developed & get them trained by our quality nurses. If medical cost is lower with these trainees, it ok but medical cost had been increasing.
Of course we need to retain & pay well for good quality ones, then healthcare quality can be maintained with right cost for the public. So, one hand bring in FT nurses, the other hand paying higher & higher. Sinkies definitely have been suckers. Oz can pay minimum wage & medical cost for locals. Once I heard Oz counterparts went for cancer surgery , stayed in hospital for one week & bill is only $1k+. How do they do it?

 

[Philipkee]

We self created the shortages by increasing population to 6.9m. Then we are not able to get good quality ones from 1st world & compromised with less developed & get them trained by our quality nurses. If medical cost is lower with these trainees, it ok but medical cost had been increasing.
Of course we need to retain & pay well for good quality ones, then healthcare quality can be maintained with right cost for the public. So, one hand bring in FT nurses, the other hand paying higher & higher. Sinkies definitely have been suckers. Oz can pay minimum wage & medical cost for locals. Once I heard Oz counterparts went for cancer surgery , stayed in hospital for one week & bill is only $1k+. How do they do it?

What I understand is govt funding. So it can be done but it’s tax dollars at work

Australia: national health expenditure 2023| Statista

Australian health expenditure has continued to rise over the past decade. In 2023 around $252b AUD was spent on healthcare, around 10% of the country's GDP.

www.statista.com

It’s tens of billions of dollars spent

Compare this to ours

STATISTICS ON GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC HEALTHCARE, SUBSIDISED MEDICAL CARE FOR CITIZENS, PRS AND FOREIGNERS, AND HEALTHCARE SPEND BY GOVERNMENT AND INDIVIDUALS

www.moh.gov.sg

Your $1000 for cancer surgery might not be as common like the $8 heart bypass. Have to really see the details and the funding

 

[Philipkee]

We self created the shortages by increasing population to 6.9m. Then we are not able to get good quality ones from 1st world & compromised with less developed & get them trained by our quality nurses. If medical cost is lower with these trainees, it ok but medical cost had been increasing.
Of course we need to retain & pay well for good quality ones, then healthcare quality can be maintained with right cost for the public. So, one hand bring in FT nurses, the other hand paying higher & higher. Sinkies definitely have been suckers. Oz can pay minimum wage & medical cost for locals. Once I heard Oz counterparts went for cancer surgery , stayed in hospital for one week & bill is only $1k+. How do they do it?

One thing I do agree about the minimum wage. Australia pays a lot for blue collar workers. But the culture is different cos a lot more people DIY because it’s too expensive to hire people to do basic work.

And Australia has the space to allow a lot of DIY whether it is servicing the car or plumbing. Plumbing in the sense that a lot of Australians live in houses so a not so good DIY plumbing will not affect neighbours much while here we need to consider the upstairs and downstairs as well. But basic plumbing I think we should all learn to do

 

[Tangerine]

What I understand is govt funding. So it can be done but it’s tax dollars at work

Australia: national health expenditure 2023| Statista

Australian health expenditure has continued to rise over the past decade. In 2023 around $252b AUD was spent on healthcare, around 10% of the country's GDP.

www.statista.com

It’s tens of billions of dollars spent

Compare this to ours

STATISTICS ON GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC HEALTHCARE, SUBSIDISED MEDICAL CARE FOR CITIZENS, PRS AND FOREIGNERS, AND HEALTHCARE SPEND BY GOVERNMENT AND INDIVIDUALS

www.moh.gov.sg

Your $1000 for cancer surgery might not be as common like the $8 heart bypass. Have to really see the details and the funding

I don't mind since I had been paying taxes since young. Then old, I benefit. We are now paying insurance (medishield...Now life...) Also paying. How much our tax dollars go to medical care, salary of CA, PA....It's just blank checks.

 

[Philipkee]

I don't mind since I had been paying taxes since young. Then old, I benefit. We are now paying insurance (medishield...Now life...) Also paying. How much our tax dollars go to medical care, salary of CA, PA....It's just blank checks.

This one is a bit off topic but there is this issue

How it can work is if the input is more than output. Means more people pay tax than those who use it. It works when everyone plays their part

But now there is the issue of migrants but it’s more in Europe, not sure about Australia. They are coming, not working or working as hard but drawing on the benefits. And this is unsustainable in the long run. We think it’s a great system cos it’s working great but the next generation might find the system a burden. But it’s not going to be us who sees it

Some will say Europe has a lot of welfare but still survive but actually not true. This welfare was a relatively recent phenomenon and its shows signs of cracking. It’s just that we are the generation to see it working.

But going a bit off topic

 

[Gundamg]

is it true the population has increased that much but the population of nurses hasnt?

is the demand for nurse in ang moh country? hear say nurse is easy to migrate overseas.

 

[singlion]

Locals have decreased that for sure as they cannot even produce 2. Now foreigners are buying into our HDB as can be seen with our eyes.
Renovations types of renovation eating at neighbourhood in clusters etc like locals do.
More funerals more in wheelchairs like being poisoned. There r enough nurses. The problem is the plandemic not a pandemic the protocols like water and urine restriction
but when u upgrade water and toilet is just beside.
In a real pandemic we can use the army to provide beds as the fatality rate is below 5%. Antbiotics are useless as they look like bioattacks and natural cures r not allowed.

 

[Philipkee]

is it true the population has increased that much but the population of nurses hasnt?

is the demand for nurse in ang moh country? hear say nurse is easy to migrate overseas.

It’s not merely the population of nurses but the infrastructure. No point having too many nurses in one workplace cos we just get in each other’s way

Second question is yes but there is a context

western countries (basically Australia cos that’s where most of my friends are
but I heard it’s similar elsewhere) don’t believe in stretching the nurses. If it’s one nurse to four patients, the ratio is fixed. Someone takes MC they hire an agency nurse to cover. They don’t ask existing nurse on duty to stretch. So it’s not so overworked

But this is good for nurses but not necessarily for patients. Imagine there is a bed in the ward but no more admissions cos the nurses cannot be stretched. Same for Australia elsewhere that people don’t talk about. It’s an employee paradise. But what if u are the employer or manager?

 

[add951]

ts, how many hours do you work each shift (got shift right?) and how many days a week do you work on avg? Thx

 

[Philipkee]

ts, how many hours do you work each shift (got shift right?) and how many days a week do you work on avg? Thx

A bit complicated cos it is more like hours a week that we work

ROTATING SHIFTS (morning and afternoon)- 5 day work week

ROTATING SHIFTS (all three shifts)- generally you get two off days on the week that you mostly work day and afternoon but you might get more the following week depending on your night shift

12 hour shift - 2 days on 2 days off

So far never worked permanent night shift but know some who do. It’s 4 night with 3 off - with the first off being a post night shift (starts at 0730)

 

[singlion]

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