All about Cancer

[starlight1968sg]

Docs treat patients regardless poor or rich.

[hercules]

starlight1968sg:

Docs treat patients regardless poor or rich.

For our public hospitals, they will treat but there will always be priority.

Other than subsidised or non-subsidised patients, if two subsidised patients with similar condition need to queue for life saving procedure, the younger one will get the priority over the older one (again, my personal experience which i think it's 'fair' even though my old man was the one who was put far behind the queue then).

[starlight1968sg]

So when we are old, it is better to die than struggling to remain alive

[hercules]

starlight1968sg:

So when we are old, it is better to die than struggling to remain alive

I am someone who is contented to have a lifespan of about 75 to 'enjoy' 赖活不如好死, praying don't let me live till too old else likely to need to face this situation of 好死不如赖活.

We are getting 'abnormal' with our lifespan getting longer and longer and medical facilities just cannot keep up with the 'demand'.

[lee_yl]

starlight1968sg:

what I can't understand or accept is subsidized patients often face \"ops theatres full\" while private patients can be accepted promptly in the same hospital.

both are patients except one pays much more.
so the only difference is $$ paid.

Earlier I shared about DH's colleague who passed away and the family was laden with a bill of $500K after whatever they could claim from insurance. Yes, the deceased was warded in a private hospital.

He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer but was actually on the mend (recovered!) only when he suffered a secondary infection which turned fatal.

Just wondering aloud; if by spending $500K, you can potentially save your loved one from cancer stage 4, will you do it? Or will you rather save up the money as a legacy?

[starlight1968sg]

Lee_yl

There is no answer to your qn. Seeing your loved one suffering, would you not spare no effort to save him or her, knowing all of us will eventually die, just a matter of when?

[MrsKiasu]

I have no definite ans too. The immediate reaction would be try all possible ways. But after awhile, may be able to think better, realising the chances? My (almost immediate) thought was the possibility of the patient (could be either one) request for not to continue treatment, and the thing I saw was hugging and crying together.. why suddenly have this discussion arh..first Jen's side now here..yalah that is fact of life :sad: the more we should treasure our life

[starlight1968sg]

Mrs kiasu

Life is fragile and unpredictable

[MrsKiasu]

yes agree esp those unexpected illness like cancer…anytime anywhere.

[zbear]

hercules:

I am someone who is contented to have a lifespan of about 75 to 'enjoy' 赖活不如好死, praying don't let me live till too old else likely to need to face this situation of 好死不如赖活.

We are getting 'abnormal' with our lifespan getting longer and longer and medical facilities just cannot keep up with the 'demand'.

Lifespan gets longer due to better medical treatment but there is no quality in life. Medical advancement improves or extend the liveable state of the physical condition but not the mental condition.

Many old folks would much prefer to leave peacefully than to undergo the mental n physical torture of treatment.