5/5 Joanne L. 4 months ago on Google
This
review
is
overdue.
This
October
I
was
transferred
from
Changi
General
Hospital
to
KK
Hospital
for
an
emergency
referral,
because
according
to
the
doc
who
saw
me
at
CGH,
I
was
internally
bleeding
due
to
a
BIG
ruptured
ovarian
cyst
(which
he
announced
loudly
to
me
in
a
waiting
room
full
of
patients).
After
being
rushed
to
KKH,
I
was
seen
by
a
consultant,
Dr.
Muhammad
Fairuz
Abdul
Rahman,
who
treated
me
with
the
utmost
care
and
respect
(and
didn’t
share
my
diagnosis
with
the
entire
waiting
room).
After
he
reviewed
CGH’s
CT
scan
results,
he
said
I
wasn’t
bleeding
as
there
was
no
rupture.
He
said,
however,
I
needed
full
abdominal
surgery,
in
which
a
10
cm
vertical
incision
would
be
made,
and
also
said
he
would
“chope”
a
date
ASAP.
After
that
I
made
a
few
more
trips
to
see
him,
get
paperwork
done,
and
pre-register
for
my
op.
On
the
day
of
surgery
and
my
post-op
3-day
stay
at
KKH,
I
was
looked
after
with
such
kindness
and
professionalism
I
was
almost
reluctant
to
leave.
The
food
was
yummy
too
(my
hubby
can
vouch
for
it
as
he
ate
half
of
everything
I
was
given)!
Kudos
to
the
phenomenal
team
in
Ward
71
on
the
7th
level
of
the
Women’s
Wing
for
your
amazing
care
that
will
forever
be
imprinted
on
my
mind.
I
shall
name
names:
my
surgeon
the
brilliant
Dr.
Muhammad
Fairuz
Abdul
Rahman;
his
assistants
for
the
operation,
Dr.
Ong
Kai
Zhi
and
Dr.
Lau
Jieyi;
Dr.
Marlene
Samantha
Goh
who
looked
after
me
post-op;
and
last
but
not
least
the
team
of
wonderful
nurses,
including
Catherine
Bautro
De
La
Peña,
Ting
Hie
Hee,
and
Apple
Pie
Banaag
Madrid.
I
am
super,
super
touched
and
super,
super
impressed.
Of
course,
like
in
every
bureaucratic
agency,
there
are
random
kinks
and
your
usual
frustrations
dealing
with
day-to-day
operations…
like
“nurse,
what
do
you
mean
when
you
say
‘put
this
on
your
head
and
your
body
before
surgery’?”
and
“nurse,
can
you
don’t
poke
me
so
hard
with
that
thing
in
your
hand,
it’s
painful
leh,
wait
my
ovarian
cyst
rupture
then
you
know!”
And
KKH
returned
a
cheque
to
my
mom
with
her
name
incorrectly
spelled…
BUT
this
all
comes
with
the
territory
of
running
a
ginormous
publicly
funded
hospital
with
hard
working
albeit
overworked
doctors,
nurses,
and
administrators.
With
a
bit
of
patience
and
understanding
on
our
part,
we
will
be
able
to
see
and
appreciate
the
brilliance
and
kindness
of
KKH’s
docs
and
nurses
behind
the
chaos.
Again,
my
heartfelt
kudos
and
deep
appreciation
to
this
team
for
your
care,
professionalism,
and
high
standards.
Last
word:
perhaps
enhance
communications
training
for
your
frontline
staff
so
they
can
better
explain
what
and
how
to
“put
this
on
your
head
and
body”
and
show
more
empathy
and
not
“poke
so
hard”?
My
two
cents.