medical officer = devil
so i had a fever on thursday night, with a temperature of 38.7 degrees. after taking medication and being sponged down, went on for a 6km run the next morning. then, i decided i couldn't take it anymore and decided to go report sick.
walked down to smc to see the MO(medical officer), had my temperature taken by the medic, and waited for my queue number to be called.
and then the horror started. proceeded in to the consultation room, to see a skinny doctor-in-training, who happens to be the MO i was to be consulting. asked a few questions, and had no examination from him whatsoever. after assessing my condition, i hear him say(with a hint of sadistic glee), that i was to be sent to the sickbay.
and the sickbay was where i was put on drip the MO's order, where i was poked three times because saf trained medics aren't good enough, and where i fell even sicker only to tell the doctor i am well so i could get out of there as soon as possible.
i find the SAF's policies on their treatment of ill soldiers questionable.
firstly, why the use of sub-trained doctors and medics to treat your soldiers? it seems to be that they do not really care about the well-being of their soldiers, making use of only whatever available resources they have, even if it is insufficient. they do not really care about whether their soldiers are able to recuperate well or not. they have doctors-in-training on scholarships and they are gonna use them.
secondly, SAF doctors are possibly given a directive with vested interests. or they themselves probably have vested interest. like the policy of putting fever and vomitting patients on drip in the sick bay, which is absolutely unnecessary. do you see doctors in normal clinics hospitalizing you? the purpose of such an action is quite unlikely to make you get better, as it didn't work for me. it is probably to deter you from reporting sick again.
SAF may probably look very good on paper, with medical centres to give you ready medical attention, and sick bays where care is given for sick soldiers, specialist centres to see for your injuries and all. but look beyond the paper, ask us soldiers is SAF really treating us well? a specialist appointment usually takes more than a month to get, to get treatment for an injury you acquired in service to this organization. and the service which we get at medical centres and all, ask us soldiers.
if the nation is going to take family's son away from them, they probably should assume some responsibility in the care of these people.
but then again, maybe this is not the case in every camp. maybe it is just the woes of us lowly-paid combat men or just us divers. tell me how it is for you.
and give me novacaine.
walked down to smc to see the MO(medical officer), had my temperature taken by the medic, and waited for my queue number to be called.
and then the horror started. proceeded in to the consultation room, to see a skinny doctor-in-training, who happens to be the MO i was to be consulting. asked a few questions, and had no examination from him whatsoever. after assessing my condition, i hear him say(with a hint of sadistic glee), that i was to be sent to the sickbay.
and the sickbay was where i was put on drip the MO's order, where i was poked three times because saf trained medics aren't good enough, and where i fell even sicker only to tell the doctor i am well so i could get out of there as soon as possible.
i find the SAF's policies on their treatment of ill soldiers questionable.
firstly, why the use of sub-trained doctors and medics to treat your soldiers? it seems to be that they do not really care about the well-being of their soldiers, making use of only whatever available resources they have, even if it is insufficient. they do not really care about whether their soldiers are able to recuperate well or not. they have doctors-in-training on scholarships and they are gonna use them.
secondly, SAF doctors are possibly given a directive with vested interests. or they themselves probably have vested interest. like the policy of putting fever and vomitting patients on drip in the sick bay, which is absolutely unnecessary. do you see doctors in normal clinics hospitalizing you? the purpose of such an action is quite unlikely to make you get better, as it didn't work for me. it is probably to deter you from reporting sick again.
SAF may probably look very good on paper, with medical centres to give you ready medical attention, and sick bays where care is given for sick soldiers, specialist centres to see for your injuries and all. but look beyond the paper, ask us soldiers is SAF really treating us well? a specialist appointment usually takes more than a month to get, to get treatment for an injury you acquired in service to this organization. and the service which we get at medical centres and all, ask us soldiers.
if the nation is going to take family's son away from them, they probably should assume some responsibility in the care of these people.
but then again, maybe this is not the case in every camp. maybe it is just the woes of us lowly-paid combat men or just us divers. tell me how it is for you.
and give me novacaine.
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