Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:15:11 GMT

nms1 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:15:11 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
There was a suggestion in the ST Forum today for tougher action to be taken against dengue victims - that they should be quarantined so that mosquitoes can't get to them.

I can't make up my mind whether this is an ingenious or an inhuman suggestion. :?

With around 100 people a day being confirmed with dengue, where would we put them all?

And with the threat of quarantine, how many people would avoid being tested to avoid being quarantined?

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:02:29 GMT

kaitlynangelica — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:02:29 GMT

Lucky Strike:
in an emergency, always go to private hospital A&E for immediate attention.

You pay more, but it can save your life.

That's the difference between Private and Govt hospital.

I second that.
Sorry if I sound offensive.
But to me, anything free and subsidised can never be good.
I know the day will come when I am no longer employed and I have to go to the poly clinics and go to a structured hospital. But as long as I can afford it, will always want to go to a private doctor / hospital.
My MIL was a civil servant and her treatment in Polyclinics and structued hospitals is free. She had a nerve problem in her leg and complained of pain. After one year of pain, she wasn't getting any better. My dh took her to a GP who upon looking at her reports, told us she had been seeing an orthopaedic. What she really needed was a nerve specialist.
Going to a private hospital is expensive. But if it saves my life, will still go.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:56:21 GMT

ChiefKiasu — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:56:21 GMT

There was a suggestion in the ST Forum today for tougher action to be taken against dengue victims - that they should be quarantined so that mosquitoes can't get to them.

I can't make up my mind whether this is an ingenious or an inhuman suggestion. :?

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:45:39 GMT

Oppsgal — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:45:39 GMT

http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/resources/30jan2012/aegyptifactsheet.pdf

They lay eggs in algae areas.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:26:04 GMT

concern2 — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:26:04 GMT

Just checked out on symptoms of dengue and thought of sharing here.

Source: http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/diseases_and_conditions/d/dengue.html

Dengue Fever is caused by infection with a dengue virus. There are four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV1-4) circulating in the world.

How Dengue Spreads

It is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus). Dengue fever is not contagious and does not spread directly from person to person. A mosquito is infected when it takes a blood meal from a dengue-infected person and later transmits the virus to other people they bite.

Symptoms

Dengue Fever usually develops within 4 to 7 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Symptoms include:

Sudden onset of fever for 2 to 7 days
Severe headache with retro-orbital (behind the eye) pain
Joint and muscle pain
Skin rashes
Nausea and vomiting
Bleeding from the nose or gums or easy bruising in the skin
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome is a severe form of dengue fever that could result in death.

What to Do If You Have Dengue

Please seek immediate medical attention if you suspect you may have dengue.

Treatment for Dengue

There is no specific treatment for dengue or dengue haemorrhagic fever. There is also no vaccine currently available to prevent dengue.

Treatment for dengue is supportive. In severe cases, you may require hospitalisation and aggressive emergency treatment with fluid and electrolyte replacement or blood transfusions.

Precautions You Can Take

To prevent the spread of dengue fever, you must first prevent the breeding of its vector, the Aedes mosquito. The Aedes mosquito is easily identifiable by its distinctive black and white stripes on their body.

It prefers to breed in clean, stagnant water easily found in our homes. You can get rid of the Aedes mosquito by frequently checking and removing stagnant water in your premises.

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Heard an old wives' tales that drinking frog-bittergourd soup can bring down the fever caused by dengue infection. Anyone heard of this?

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:35:53 GMT

Dreamaurora — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:35:53 GMT

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After reading this, I am left...speechless.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:20:59 GMT

ngl2010 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:20:59 GMT

raysusan:
Second person died of dengue

http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/06/09/second-person-died-of-dengue/

How come he was diagnosed skin inflammation?

I read that there is new test for dengue and the result will be known in 20-30 minutes. Here is the article on the test. Anybody has been tested with this new test method? Is it expensive? Can it detect dengue at the early onset or we must wait a few days until blood platelet is low like the old test?

http://www.ttsh.com.sg/about-us/newsroom/news/article.aspx?id=4115

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:48:57 GMT

ngl2010 — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:48:57 GMT

Nebbermind:
Do school cleaners maintain the toilets during the school hols? Think schools should put in extra effort during this hol to ensure there's no possible breeding ground for the mozzies.

:goodpost:

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:34:07 GMT

raysusan — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:34:07 GMT

Second person died of dengue

http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/06/09/second-person-died-of-dengue/

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:00:23 GMT

Nebbermind — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:00:23 GMT

Do school cleaners maintain the toilets during the school hols? Think schools should put in extra effort during this hol to ensure there’s no possible breeding ground for the mozzies.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:29:51 GMT

Oppsgal — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:29:51 GMT

http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/dengue-epidemic/story/one-more-dengue-death-reported-the-second-case-year-20130609

:yikes:

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:55:17 GMT

longmao.029846irene — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:55:17 GMT

Dino-Craze:
longmao.irene:
[quote=\"cherrygal\"]That is so sad... but do private hospitals have the facilities / equipment to save severe cases like your cousin's? They always advise severe cases to go to general hospitals...

We r all layman, how we know by throwing a pool of blood in a sickfree person is so severe tat will cost a life overnite.. I bet my cousin did not occur to him tat is d last call n last wave he is gg to gv to his mum wen he follow d dr into d room. If gvn a chioce again, i dun tik he will take a cab to SGH!

Being a hospital is too help to save life n gv treatment. It is not a \"gathering place\" for patients.

I thought throwing up a pool of blood is very serious; how can the doctors dismissed it nonchalantly?!

They should know better than to dismiss it - how can they judge if it is serious or not when they have yet to even run checks?!! Very irrresponsible, imo.[/quote]
I believe is d \"waiting time\" tat causes d condition to deteriorate n d irony part was wen they called for d family members in for meetings during d critical stage, still cant answered to us wat caused it after bleeding/ coughing out blood d whole nite!!!

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:15:59 GMT

Dino-Craze — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:15:59 GMT

longmao.irene:
cherrygal:
That is so sad... but do private hospitals have the facilities / equipment to save severe cases like your cousin's? They always advise severe cases to go to general hospitals...

We r all layman, how we know by throwing a pool of blood in a sickfree person is so severe tat will cost a life overnite.. I bet my cousin did not occur to him tat is d last call n last wave he is gg to gv to his mum wen he follow d dr into d room. If gvn a chioce again, i dun tik he will take a cab to SGH!

Being a hospital is too help to save life n gv treatment. It is not a \"gathering place\" for patients.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:49:51 GMT

Harlequin — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:49:51 GMT

I remember this morning I read one member asked about requesting to be attended by a specialist consultant in gov hospital in case of emergency…

Yes, you could. At the A&E, express your wish of being attended by the consultant/specialist/junior doctor… depending on the time of your visit, if its during office hours when the specialists’ clinic is open, you may get to see one within 30mins.

The thing is, with such request, the patient automatically switch to the private patient status, no longer get to enjoy the subsidies… Inclu consultation fees, wards, medicines and all other relevant hospitalization charges…

Once this private patient status is established, the patient no longer enjoy any subsidies in the same hospital in future. So, do ponder over this.

Also, to highlight, as a private patient of a gov hospital, the patient DOES NOT have any privilege to priority queue, as in making appointment for subsequent visits to see the specialists or in A&E.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:56:04 GMT

coolbaby — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:56:04 GMT

sleepy:
Which private hospital A&E is better in case of emergencies? For children? & for adults?

most only think of KKH if children

so far i only been to NUH A&E for my boys. never been to KKH A&E.

When ds2, 5 years old, was hospitalised due to dehydration. I went to NUH A&E. When it's our turn to see doctor, i was pretty surprised the room full with 5-6 trainee doctors. One of the trainee doctors, tried to distract my son with his hp when the doctor poking him for the drip. They talked to him to lighten the mood in the room. The next day, this trainee doc even came to the ward to visit ds2
However, i also have to comment that on the 2nd day when a young doctor and nurse came to him at 7am to draw his blood (to ensure his blood count was ok), this young doctor had a hard time drawing his blood. The needle was in there for more than 5min. ds2 was brave not to cry when needle poked him. But having the needle in there for more than 5min, he cried and struggled and the nurse had to hold him. I was so angry and at the same time trying to calm him down.

I guess its all depend on your luck, who was attending the patient at the time.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:08:18 GMT

MMM — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:08:18 GMT

cherrygal:
firefly38:
Mount Alvernia Hospital.. Short waiting time, caring doctors & nurses, reasonable & affordable fees.. Most importantly, the staff serves with their HEARTS.. :hugs:

So if kids younger than 12 are down with dengue, can I choose to send them to Mt Alvernia instead of KKH?

Not referring to dengue. A friend's ds had a fall at home and knocked against the floor. She brought him to TMC A&E. He was attended fairly quickly.

My dd1 when she was around preschool age inhaled a small bead. She was trying to smell the bead and apparently the bead got stuck somewhere in her nose.... We brought her to KKH A&E and waited and waited. After 1 hour plus, she suddenly sneezed and the bead flew out.... it was good that we saw the bead flying out.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:57:52 GMT

MMM — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:57:52 GMT

For those who do not have sufficient medical insurance coverage, it might be good to start reviewing that...btw, I am not a insurance agent.

We were reviewing our insurance coverage few weeks back with our agent. There was this package that allows one to go to private hospital in the event that he/she is diagnosed with certain illnesses. dh was adamant that being covered for treatment in public hospital is sufficient for him. He has strong faith in the public hospital.

However agent and i felt that :? If something bad happens to us (eg. diagnose with cancer), I don't think we will want to wait for so long to be treated. We would go to a doctor who is probably highly recommended. Thought of sharing this as it might drive some behavioural change when choosing private and public hospital when we need treatment fast.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:48:43 GMT

auntieM — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:48:43 GMT

My DS got dengue at 6, together with DH and I.. ..

We took our blood test daily at Raffles Hospital and were not hospitalized.
Then DH kena again more than a year later and the doctors at Raffles warded him to monitor..
We are happy with Raffles so far..
I remembered being told not to 'brush' my teeth, and the fever was so 'hiong' for me my 'fried egg oily' face was dry for awhile..

Truly sad to see a young life lost like this.. :sad:
RIP

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:44:32 GMT

Han Seo — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:44:32 GMT

The sad reality is that money talks. Money will enable you to see a more experienced consultant at the shortest possible time.

So if you want to see a doctor fast, go to the A&E at a private hospital and be prepared to pay more.

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:16:50 GMT

cherrygal — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:16:50 GMT

firefly38:
Mount Alvernia Hospital.. Short waiting time, caring doctors & nurses, reasonable & affordable fees.. Most importantly, the staff serves with their HEARTS.. :hugs:

So if kids younger than 12 are down with dengue, can I choose to send them to Mt Alvernia instead of KKH?

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:07:33 GMT

cherrygal — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:07:33 GMT

Canvas:
By the way, is it too late to complain about KKH now after 7months? I was too busy with family that I had forgotten to write in a complain letter. Can I still do it now? I have every detail including the doctors' names.

No harm sending in as long as you have all the details. Perhaps not to get anything in return, but to remind them to up their standards.

BTW, can we request to see consultants and above for dengue cases? Must we see the lowest ranked ones manning the A&E? Most of the silly mistakes and misdiagnoses seem to come from the medical officers...

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:04:03 GMT

iFirefly — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:04:03 GMT

Mount Alvernia Hospital.. Short waiting time, caring doctors & nurses, reasonable & affordable fees.. Most importantly, the staff serves with their HEARTS.. :hugs:

Reply to Dengue death: Father has sought lawyer to sue TTSH on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:45:05 GMT

Jennifer — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:45:05 GMT

I never have a good impression of Govt Hospital.

With the exception of AH now, after FIL is admitted into AH twice this month- I see the caring n patient nurses at work.

Hv visited KKH A&E dept a few years back when my elder boy had very high fever. It took many hours before we were attended to and sent back within a short while - not helpful at all.

When my younger boy needed to be hospitalised during babyhood, we chose Mt Alvernia.

I would never go to SGH.