To say that I'm rather upset is quite the understatement.
The clinic operated by NTUC in school is quite ludicrous indeed. I suppose some illustration is in order.
The entire purpose of taking time out of an otherwise busy schedule to make an appointment would be to save time in future, so one does not have to spend time waiting in the queue. The practice is universal among clinics. I really ought to know. My dad runs one and I grew up around one.
So yours truly makes an appointment for 12pm on Wednesday to see the doctor to do what would be a 15 min medical checkup at most. As of now, I've been waiting for 29 min, having arrived 3 min early because I did not want to miss my appointment and have to wait.
But as it is, I am wondering if any such appointment was noted down. I am rather perplexed by the situation. If the situation should persist, I would have to wonder if the clinic has a policy on appointments at all, seeing that I have just been leapfrogged. On e gentleman took a particularly long time with the doctor, for him to be the previous patient, but its within the realm of possibilities.
It truly is rather harrowing how badly run the place seems to be. Given my current less-than-sunny disposition, a series of complaints to various authorities may just be necessary to ellicit a response.
While I write this, my appointment has just been leapfrogged a second time. Perhaps it is just the waiting. I am singularly unused to having to wait very long to see a doctor, and I have waited half an hour to see one of the most established orthodontic surgeons in Singapore. That was rather understandable since I failed to make it on time for my appointment, and the surgeon in question shows up at that particular branch of the clinic twice a week. And I waited half an hour.
At this point in time, I've waited more than that to see a GP for a silly medical checkup. I may have noted before that most of the adults I know happen to be medical practitioners. This is becoming most upsetting.
Well, the actual checkup took less than a minute. The doctor's nice and competent, but the administration ... most upsetting.
On the bright side, I wrote a blog entry.
In Hong Kong, service like this is suicide. That's all for now.
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