No Confirmed Hospital Room!!!

I think it is really not very professional for Obs to be recommending their patients to register/book at two hospitals. They are making the situation worse.

Layla if you are registered at the Adventist for around the time of your delivery you will get a bed it just might not be what you wanted (ie not a private room). In fact, the Adventist have a line in their new information pack that Dr's that have significant no shows will have their patient quota reduced - so they are shooting themselves (and their patients) in the foot so to speak.
 
Kayla,

That is odd. My doc tells me different things - (i) can't double book at two hospitals (which is understandable) and (ii) my doc has booked me into Canossa without requiring me to put down a deposit.
 
Rani, hoping to go inot labour anytime from 36 weeks onwards as it may be easier if baby is not too big since I had a previous c-section. Thanks for the labour vibes!!
 
Nula and LittleLams,

I will have to investigate deeper as to whether a deposit is required at Canossa.
It is so stressful now, just having the issue of whether not i'll have a hospital space looming overhead, as if there weren't enough things to take care of in preparing for the baby's actual arrival. wish me luck!
 
Deposit - Canossa

Canossa will send the confirmation to your O&G doctor, then ask you to pay the deposit for $20K two months in advance.
 
I also just found out that I do not have a confirmed hospital room. My Dr delivers at the Adventist and Matilda - both are fully booked for April which is when I'm due. I had always intended to deliver at the Matilda but was told that I didn't need to worry about it until I returned from winter holiday at the end of January. My Dr said that when I go into labor, she'll call both and see if they have space, if not then she'll call another Dr who has connections in Kowloon, and if he can't then I'll go to government hospital. Very upsetting to say the least.
 
we had a related experience that i found puzzling. our doc registered us and several other patients at 16 weeks. we are all due in april.

last week, she told us that our booking was confirmed while that of her other patients was not. she kept saying that we were 'very, very lucky' to get into matilda.

given that we got in while others did not, i wonder if there is some sort of points system where people who take pre-natal courses at the hospital (we are taking 3 separate courses) are given priority enrollment?

this is all very scary. i feel terrible for the moms who did not get into their top choice hospital. that we i also wonder what happened to the government's promise that hk people would be given priority at our hospitals.

given that hk is supposed to have one of the lowest birth rates in the world, this is madness!
 
bexter - it seems the government have no jurisdiction over the private hospitals. Their promise is that HK residents are promised a bed in a (public) hospital.

So far, I've not heard that this promise has been broken.
 
I've just booked into the Matilda for a June delivery and like everyone else am unable to be given a confirmed room. Apparently women from Mainland China choose to have babies in Hong Kong nowdays because it's cheaper! I would never have figured that but there you have it.

It's a pretty awful position to be in but my doctor assures me whilst they say this to nearly everyone they haven't yet turned anyone away. Fingers crossed it works out for all of us.
 
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