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**Optipitle** · 08-13-2010, 12:41 PM

Ha - is Perth considered "Rural"? Relatives tell me must wait long time to see doc with surgery taking months to schedule. Good luck if you need certain diagnositc scans too. No thanks once again Australia.

That is just for certain free elective surgeries. There is a limit to the waiting time for non-elective surgery and if the time is excessive, the patient will be transferred to a private hospital, paid for by the govt under a special arrangement.
In Singapore, it is the same wait at SGH, if you want faster, they brought in a doctor from another specialisation. I remember this blur doctor misdiagnosis my aunt, if she has not been transferred to Mt E, my relatives would not have found out the mistake.

Unfortunately, this type of news are not reported in Singapore media.

08-13-2010, 12:41 PM	#12
Optipitle Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	Ha - is Perth considered "Rural"? Relatives tell me must wait long time to see doc with surgery taking months to schedule. Good luck if you need certain diagnositc scans too. No thanks once again Australia. That is just for certain free elective surgeries. There is a limit to the waiting time for non-elective surgery and if the time is excessive, the patient will be transferred to a private hospital, paid for by the govt under a special arrangement. In Singapore, it is the same wait at SGH, if you want faster, they brought in a doctor from another specialisation. I remember this blur doctor misdiagnosis my aunt, if she has not been transferred to Mt E, my relatives would not have found out the mistake. Unfortunately, this type of news are not reported in Singapore media.
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