Deasy... I'm currently visiting TKOH for checkups. I'm very happy with the public system. For my first check, I registered at the maternal clinic in Hang Hau. I was pleasantly surprised that all the nurses spoke English, although I was the only foreigner there. The doctor was young but very thorough. She asked me about medical history and how my pregnancy was (any bleeding, pain etc) and I gave her detailed replies. It's important that you tell them everything that you can and the doctor is very patient and listens. I had had spotting, a vaginal infection etc and she was attentive to all that, taking a swab to test again for infection although I told her I was cleared in my last test. She did a physical exam and spotted a polyp on my cervix and explained with a chart what it was, why and my options. I had been seeing a private doctor who did not spot the polyp, though to be fair, it could have sprung up in between. She also checked for a heartbeat with a Doppler. I was deemed a complicated case and tranfered to TKO Hospital. If you are a peaceful pregnancy, visits may continue at the maternal clinic.
My next visit was at the hospital. It was again very smooth. The waiting time is not that long - I was done in two hours. Frankly, my private doctor sometimes takes longer. The doctor checked on the polyp and gave me the option of removing it. She removed it so skillfully, it was painless. Again, I introduced my entire medical history to her and she was attentive and patient. In a way, it's a good thing repeating the medical history so you're sure they haven't missed anything though they have it all on their computer. The nurses at the hospital too are very kind.
I had a six week break between appointments so I decided to a private appt in between. Frankly, I was in two minds whether to bother because I was pretty happy with the public system but then I came down with what I suspected was a urinary infection. Both private and public doctors are used to people shuttling between the sustems so just keep them updated about what happened at the other appointment.
I'm happy with TKOH and the public system adn the advantage of it being not one of the big hospitals (like Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth) is that the waiting time would be less.
My next visit was at the hospital. It was again very smooth. The waiting time is not that long - I was done in two hours. Frankly, my private doctor sometimes takes longer. The doctor checked on the polyp and gave me the option of removing it. She removed it so skillfully, it was painless. Again, I introduced my entire medical history to her and she was attentive and patient. In a way, it's a good thing repeating the medical history so you're sure they haven't missed anything though they have it all on their computer. The nurses at the hospital too are very kind.
I had a six week break between appointments so I decided to a private appt in between. Frankly, I was in two minds whether to bother because I was pretty happy with the public system but then I came down with what I suspected was a urinary infection. Both private and public doctors are used to people shuttling between the sustems so just keep them updated about what happened at the other appointment.
I'm happy with TKOH and the public system adn the advantage of it being not one of the big hospitals (like Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth) is that the waiting time would be less.
