Redditer: Anyone's Boomer/Gen X parents against going to NUHS hospitals?

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Anyone's Boomer/Gen X parents against going to NUHS hospitals?​

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Hi everyone,
For context, my family has quite a lot of chronic health issues - things like end stage lung cancer, heart failure, diabetes, etc.

Because of that, my Boomer/Gen X family members are very against going to NUHS hospitals. They really don’t like the idea of being seen by medical students from NUS Medicine, especially since NUH is right beside NUS YLL. They will die die choose SingHealth hospitals like SGH even if it’s further away because they feel the specialist care there is better.

As a Gen Z, I honestly feel quite conflicted about it. I was hospitalised recently for general surgery at NTFGH and there were medical students around as well. During rounds there were about 3–4 of them observing and asking questions. Personally I was okay with it and didn’t really feel annoyed, since I know they need the experience to learn.

But my family has had some pretty bad experiences.
My grandfather was hospitalised at NTFGH recently and complained that some of the medical students were quite rude and had poor communication.

My aunt, when she was being treated for heart failure at NUH, said the main doctor often brought a whole group of medical students during rounds. She felt like they kept poking around and trying guinea pig treatments, and she didn’t feel very confident about the treatment. In the end she was referred to NHCS and improved after that.

My father’s experience at NTFGH was also quite bad during his cancer treatment. The doctor from NUCIS only came once a week and his specialist kept changing and suggesting guinea pig treatments. He felt like he wasn’t getting consistent care. Eventually he went to SGH for a second opinion and found a specialist there who helped him a lot more.

Because of these experiences, my family now strongly prefers SingHealth hospitals over NUHS.
So I’m curious - is this just my family, or do other people’s parents also feel this way about NUHS?

 

[nabeifuckpap]

SGH is the best place for sinkie NSmen and boomers

 

[Dongyi]

What do you expect from doctors who needed tuition since secondary school ?

They need someone to spot questions for them first mah.

 

[tobelightlight]

The family should look seriously into their lifestyle and diet. So many health problems and didn't assess themselves for it?

I suggest doing regular checkup at hospital from Malaysia and Thailand.. bkk or KL. Why do it in sinkieland that is run by clowns?

 

[A Singaporean]

Why work in govt hospitals and having to deal with the disgusting coolie gene Sinkies from hdb.