Patients

There are a few things we should bear in mind in dealing with sick people.

It is very saddening, that the sick who are poor tend to do less well, than the better off.

Not because they cant bear the cost.

But because they thought they can bear the sickness, and nothing worst can happen to their life anymore since they are already so suffering.

But as the saying goes, sudah jatuh, ditimpa tangga.

I know how it feels like, believe it or not la.

Well. staying at home sick hoping that it will get better itself, afraid of seeking treatment due to money problem should not happen to a country which spend billions on a submarine.

Unfortunately.

And it is even more unfortunate for the children with chronic diseases.

For example, asthma, simple, treatable, but the parents tend to think that it will go away.

Explanation is key. Medicine is essential.

I felt angry when our system provide FREE medications for the asthma - ie the Inhalers, but STRANGELY not the aerochamber.

They have to buy themselves, rather expensive.

For kids, inhalers without aerochambers (which is a kind of instrument to deliver the medication to the lungs) are useless. They wont be able to benefit from the inhalers.

Whenever i see parents who are on bike, i will buy the aerochamber for the child.

People always ask wah u have a lot of money hor.

We dont see the point here.

It is not how much money I have.

It is how much money they have.

It is saddening truth that our healthcare funding is such a way that depending on how much we have, to decide on how much they will get.

And even more saddening when we have the guys running the country sending a dude to space.

While some of the poor children here on earth, not having the spacer to breath properly.