It's an admin charge and a common practice, explains NUH

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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Common Practise ? MY BALLS TO YOU, JOY WONG !!!
Only you mercenary bastards will make practises as common, you have the choice not to make it Common or too Common. Being a dog, please admit that your master's policy is:

YOU DIE? YOUR OWN MASALAH !!!!​

http://www.straitstimes.com/print/STForum/Story/STIStory_785332.html
[h=1]Repeat medication: Retiree walks out rather than pay for doctor's prescription[/h]
<!--start of story text--><!--start of story text-->AS A 73-year-old retiree who works part-time and is diabetic, it is hard to pay for my medical bills and medicine.
Last month, I had an ear infection and visited the National University Hospital's ear, nose and throat clinic.
On my first visit, the doctor prescribed two types of medication comprising three bottles of nasal spray and two bottles of ear drops.
Two weeks later, I had a follow-up check-up that showed slight improvement in my ear infection, but I was advised to continue my medication.
On these two visits, I spent about $200 for the consultation and medicine although they were subsidised.
When I used up the ear drops, I visited the hospital's pharmacy, hoping to buy them over the counter. But I was told I needed a doctor's prescription.
After I obtained the prescription, I was surprised to discover that I had to pay $11 for it.
I told a nurse that I was a patient and not a walk-in, and deserved a waiver of consultation fees, but to no avail.
In exasperation, I told the nurse to keep the prescription chit and left the clinic mulling over how health care can be made affordable when a doctor's signature can cost a retiree $11.
Peter Foo
http://www.straitstimes.com/print/STForum/Story/STIStory_785329.html
[h=1]It's an admin charge and a common practice, explains NUH[/h]
<!--start of story text--><!--start of story text-->AT MR Peter Foo's follow-up consultation with our doctor on March 14, he was given two weeks' supply of medication and an open-date appointment, with the advice to return for a review with the doctor should his condition not improve.
An open-date appointment entitles Mr Foo to continue to enjoy subsidised care should he need to return for further follow-up treatment within a year.
When Mr Foo came to our clinic on March 28 to request a prescription for an antibiotic ear drop, our staff member noticed from the records that he had called on March 21 for an appointment. This was cancelled with a second call he made on March 26. She offered to help arrange for him to be reviewed by a doctor, but Mr Foo declined and asked only for the prescription.
For patients' safety, our doctors generally do not provide prescriptions unless the patients have been reviewed.
Consultations are necessary to ascertain the patient's progress and appropriateness to continue with the medication, or need for other treatment.
On occasions when a prescription is to be given without a consultation, our doctors will still need to retrieve and review the patient's case notes to assess if the medication can be continued and if the dosage needs to be adjusted. This is after taking into consideration the patient's medical history and other information such as if he is on other medication.
The application of an administrative charge for a prescription is a common practice among hospitals and clinics. We are sorry that this was not clearly explained to Mr Foo.
Joy Wong (Mrs)
Director
Patient Relations Department
National University Hospital
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[laksaboy]

If you're going to pay a lot for healthcare, you might as well get your money's worth and visit a private hospital.

Boycott NUH and CGH. Garbage hospitals. Garbage doctors.

 

[Checker]

Medicines that need prescriptions have dangerous side-effects. May be uncommon. But can happen, and the doc needs to certify that patient still has a condition that needs the med. If something happens, the courts and lawyers will be satisfied. The charge should be for signing off and taking that responsibility. "Administrative charge" is a silly choice of words to describe this.

But the issue here, I think, is the $200 paid as a "subsidised" patient, who is a retiree and probably limited income. That's a problem with the system.

 

[Unrepented]

Sorry to say this, but please talk cock. In some foreign countries, certain medicines that "need prescriptions in sinkielang" can be bought over the counter without prescriptions in those countries. And these countries do have medicial due diligences programmes as well. Don't believe go check it out for yourself.

Medicines that need prescriptions have dangerous side-effects. May be uncommon. But can happen, and the doc needs to certify that patient still has a condition that needs the med. If something happens, the courts and lawyers will be satisfied. The charge should be for signing off and taking that responsibility. "Administrative charge" is a silly choice of words to describe this.

But the issue here, I think, is the $200 paid as a "subsidised" patient, who is a retiree and probably limited income. That's a problem with the system.