Rakyat Discrimination...

Whenever I come back to KL there are 3 things that I MUST do:-

1. Visit my mom,

2. Visit mt in-laws,

3. Visit my wife's niece... technically mine too but for the purpose of specific family tree relationship  

The poor girl was sick. She is always bubbly but this time she was just very grouchy and passive. She had a fever, running nose and a cough with nasty phlegm. We decided to take her to the clinic.

At the private clinic the doctor recommended that we took her to the Pediatric Wad at the General Hospital as he said she may have to be admitted as he feels she probably has a lung infection. He wrote us a referral letter. So, off we went. 

I dropped them off at the entrance and went off looking for a parking spot which took me a good 30 minutes... and that too parking outside the hospital compound some 500 meters away. When I got back,  my wife told me that we were charged more as we were referred by a private clinic. WTF? Why the discrimination? Are we not rakyats as well? Are you assuming that we are more affluent because we went to a private clinic first? Couldn't that visit to the private clinic be something due to logistics and emergency?

Okay, you charge me more... do I get priority? NO... I still have to wait out a whole 80 minutes... and that is WITH a referral letter stating 'KIV for Admission' on the envelope. SO WHY CHARGE MORE? See the charges chart below.

Anyway, the good doctor confirmed that she had some germs on her lungs after an x-ray. Gave her some medication and told us to bring her back there if her fever has not cleared within 48 hours.

I am greatly offended with this RM30 fiasco. It is a mere RM30 but it is the principal that matters. I pay my taxes. A LOT in fact. A damn fucking lot!! So why the discrimination? Can someone explain to me? I just fail to see the justification for this blatant discrimination.

Dhiya was up and about like usual after the first dose of medication and a nap. In fact she was more hyper after the medication probably due to the sugar in the medication.

Here's baby Dhiya up and about again... showing off that she can now stand...