Salma Khalik wrote an article on the bed crunch and wondering how this
super efficient forward looking govt with the best talents paid out of
this world salary could let the shortage of beds in public hospitals
reached this chronic stage. And Professor Pauline Straughan concurred
that this is now at crisis level.
Come on, don’t panic. There is nothing of this sort. Where got crisis?
If got crisis the people will be protesting in the streets. No?
If there is a crisis the govt will be calling for a board of inquiry or
setting up a committee to investigate why it has happened. And the
Minister has said that more beds will be added to the tune of 3,700 beds
by 2020. What is the problem? These extra beds should definitely be
enough even with the population growing to 6.9m in 2030 right? Hope by
then the situation is going to be the same and they claimed they did not
know the population will go up to 6.9m. Salma, please don’t ask why
not now.
No need to fear. The bed situation is in good hands. It is all in the
plan, all the new hospitals and beds will be in place when we have 6.9m
people. It is in the White Paper, including the number of nurses needed.
Did the paper mention anything about the number of doctors? Nothing is
left to chance when we have all the planners planning ahead of the
problems. We don’t pay them so much for nothing you know.
Did Salma say that the hospitals are cutting corners, early discharge,
two day surgery becomes day surgery, homecares also increased instead of
keeping patients longer in the hospitals? They need to erect ERP when
the holiday season arrives next year.
These are only temporary measures to create more beds for those who need
them today. Let me see, 17,000 bed days annually were created by such
measures. Good for the hospitals or else the bed crunch would really be a
crisis.
Relac lah, take it easy man, no one is dying because of this temporary
bed crunch. In the long run all the problems will be solved. Now don’t
ask embarrassing questions like who have caused this bed crunch to
become a crisis. There is no crisis. Period. If there is, a new minister
would be moved in to take over and to clear the shortages just like the
housing crisis. No change in minister means no crisis.
PS. Kopi level - Green
Thank you.
14 comments:
4 kopis for redbean!
No crisis lah. Go private. Everything ok.
Until and unless PAP Millionaires and their families have to be hospitalized under a tent ... they will not see the problem.
But that's what a million dollar salary is for.
So you don't have to suffer the problems that Singaporeans face.
Please lah. The #1 Rule for living in Singapore is:
Rule #1 -- Make sure you have enough money to live, including contingency for crises
Knnccb.... bestest govt on earth.
Knnccb.... knn Google android
No hospital beds?..convert from SIA planes loh
Aiyah.... plenty of deserted army camps scattered around this tiny dot.
Dun need SIA, only for familee
Knnccb... any death from H1N1 yet?
H1N1 cases already sent home. Some still in the office and under control.
Hope it does not spread.
I think Sinkieland is learning from Gaddafi, the deposed and executed former leader of Libya, in North Africa.
Gaddafi's office was in a tent, although with the oil wealth, he could afford a better office. In fact our ESM Goh also met him in a tent when he visited Libya, aircon of course lah.
With modern toilet, washroom and air con, I don't mind living in a tent.
Is this part of the plan to prepare the ground for higher Medishield Life premiums?
To deplete the fund in the cpf
Knnccb... gone, gone, gone... my coffin money. Papigs.. knnBccb
this is a crazy idea.......
how about ask the universities or polys to design capsules/cabins to house patients in hospitals.....
these capsules/cabins take up very little space, allowing the existing hospitals to increase their patientload......
reducing manpower shortages and increasing productivity can be achieved by designing these capsules/cabins to come with internal toilet, self-cleaning and auto bathing capabilities and come connected with tv, ipad, tel, radio, etc.etc.etc......to keep patients occupied.....
cheers.......
To the party running the cuurent gov, every crisis is an opportunity to make the people pay and pay. They will increase charges very soon. THey have really live up to their party name and the old man should die without any regrets.
They may even purposely lose the election in 2016 (but still retain power by using a pap related opposition party) to create an opportunity to increase everything from a to z.
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