1/5 Richard I. 3 years ago on Google
Terrible,
terrible
hospital,
unsafe,
unprofessional,
unclean
and
frankly
not
safe.
I
went
in
with
confirmed
Dengue
on
Monday,
things
started
badly.
The
ER
was
dirty,
the
ceilings
had
obvious
water
stains
and
was
caving
in
in
places,
there
was
chewing
gum
on
the
x-ray
room
floor.
They
very
clumsily
put
in
an
IV
line
before
telling
me
that
their
policy
is
everyone
needs
a
chest
x-ray
to
check
for
covid,
even
though
I'd
just
tested
negative
2
hours
before.
Conveniently
the
patient
pays
for
this
policy.
Ok,
I
thought,
it's
probably
a
good
safety
measure.
They
then
take
me
to
x-ray
and
it's
not
x-ray
but
CT,
about
5
times
more
expensive.
I
asked
why
they
need
a
CT
when
a
simple
x-ray
would
show
any
pneumonia,
they
eventually
conceed
it's
not
needed.
They're
just
trying
to
get
as
much
money
as
possible.
I
should
know
better
as
something
similar
happened
several
years
ago.
Back
to
dengue,
after
a
couple
of
days
the
pain
and
aches
were
getting
a
bit
much
so
I
asked
if
they
had
painkillers
stronger
than
paracetamol
they
said
they
did,
then
came
back
to
say
they'd
run
out
of
stock
and
had
no
strong
pain
killers.
Just
imagine
that
for
one
moment.
A
hospital
with
no
strong
painkillers....
To
make
things
worse
the
doctor
then
suggested
I
have
ibuprofen
instead,
which
is
contraindicated
in
for
dengue
patients.
This
was
not
the
only
thing
that
concerned
me,
there
was
no
routine
checking,
unless
I
called
they
rarely
came
in
to
check
vitals.
It
was
quite
clear
this
hospital
was
a
mess
and
not
a
safe
place
to
be
with
dengue
so
I
decided
to
transfer
to
BIMC.
They
took
ages
to
do
the
admin
and
after
about
40
minutes
I
walked
out
ready
to
go.
They
had
my
contact
my
ID,
my
10
million
deposit
which
covered
the
bill
and
a
letter
of
guarantee.
They
tell
me
I
need
to
speak
to
the
ma
ager
before
I
go
and
refuse
to
let
me
leave.
After
a
few
minutes
I
take
the
stairs
as
their
lifts
are
out
of
order
(yes
apparently
nothing
work
ls
at
siloam).
Upon
reaching
the
ground
floor,
exhausted
and
in
severe
pain
from
dengue
and
in
need
to
get
to
BIMC,
the
security
guards
start
physically
manhandling
me
and
pull
out
handcuffs.
Yes,
handcuffs.
A
private
hospital
thinks
they
have
the
right
to
detaine
me
for
wanting
to
leave
a
hospital.
I
don't
even
think
what
they
did
was
legal.
Their
excuse
was
the
cannula
needed
removing.
I
said
I
wanted
to
leave
it
in
as
my
platelet
count
was
low
due
to
dengue
and
it
would
bleed
a
lot,
which
it
promptly
did
in
the
ER,
they
hadn't
had
the
for
thought
to
get
some
swabs
or
anything
to
stem
the
bleeding,
just
one
very
small
wet
wipe
which
rapidly
was
saturated
and
blood
was
overflowing.
I
cannot
do
justice
to
just
how
unpleasant
my
stay
was
at
siloam
was
and
how
unprofessional
almost
every
aspect
of
this
organisation
was.
I
should
have
known
better
about
6
years
ago
I
had
three
miles
very
unprofessionally
biopsied,
one
came
back
as
a
melanoma
but
they
could
t
remember
which
mole,
on
by
the
size
on
the
histology
report
was
I
able
to
work
it
out.
I
asked
for
the
samples
so
I
could
get
a
second
opinion,
they
conveniently
lost
the
samples
and
suggested
I
needed
general
anaesthetic
procedure
for
a
wide
excision
for
about
4k.
Instead
I
flew
to
Perth,
saw
a
skin
cancer
expert
who
doubted
I
had
melanoma
and
said
he'd
seen
the
scam
a
few
times
before.
He
did
the
wide
excision
as
a
precaution
with
only
local
anaesthetic
for
600
dollars.
Siloam
doesn't
care
about
its
patients,
it
is
only
out
to
gauge
money
from
unsuspecting
and
vulnerable
people.
Avoid.
Many
better
hospitals.