Median waiting time at hospital A&E departments rises to 7.2 hours
May 9th, 2023 | 
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I refer to The Independent Singapore news, “Median waiting time at hospital A&E departments rises to 7.2 hours” (April 27).
Individuals who rush to A & E department of any hospital for many reasons. For examples, injuries while involved in a road or other accident, stroke and heart attack patients, etc.
Hence, it is a common scene to notice that many patients who are awaiting at A & E department to seek necessary medical consultation and treatments.
The waiting time of getting consultation and treatment for each patient would be different which is mainly depending upon types of medical conditions. For examples, stroke and heart attack patients who are required to be treated within the golden rescue period (immediate or within 6 hours).
In due course, it’s quite likely or expected that the median waiting time for respective patients could be stretched to as long as several hours.
In fact, all the hospitals have always advised their potential patients that only emergency, chronically ill or critical medical condition patients will be treated with priority.
Another interesting fact – when the society is getting more complex and competitive, many people may find it hard to cope with the dynamic challenges, difficulties and aspirations arised.
And, in due course, they are easily pressurised and gradually developed into various insidious sickness.
In view of this, it is therefore important for all citizens to go for regular or periodic indoor/outdoor exercises to relieve their stress, and keeping physically and mentally healthy as well as caring their wellness.
Nevertheless, it is also good for the hospitals to closely monitor the situation of patients’ waiting time at their A & E department. If necessary, expend the specific facility, deploy and spend more resources to tackle the unexpected congestion.
Teo Kueh Liang (Mr)
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Why so?
Core population HAS NOT *OVER GROWN*?
TOO MANY FTs bring in old mummies and daddies,grannies and grandpas,is it?
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Funny, I tot the MTF said C19 is as harmless as the flu bug, why are the hospitals so crowded to warrant a 7 hours wait?
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So….your solution to the f*cked up system is to do more indoor exercises.
That makes perfect sense from a typical $inkie voter.
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Just one honest question that hopefully can draw out an honest answer.
WHY FOOTWAYS OFFICIALLU BUILT JUST SUFFICIENTLY FOR PEDESTRIANS USE ONLY ARE BEING OFFICIALLY
ASSIGNED AS *SHARED PATHS* for PEDESTRIANS N CYCLISTS?
And,when ACCIDENTS OCCUR OWING TO SUCH OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT*,the victims(pedesttians),THE AUTHORITIES)MTO/LTA) BOCHUP AS IF ITS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS TO ENSURE PEDESTTIANS FOOTways ARE USED AS SUCH?
WHY LAWSOC N WP DIAM DIAM?
ALREADY PUBLIC SPACES ARE OVERCROWDED N MAKE-SHIFT *RE-ASSIGMENTS* OF ORIGINAL INYENDED USE THAT WILL SURELY GIVE RISE TO UNDUE SAFETY COMPROMISES SHUD BE AVOIDED.
THIS IS CLEARLY HAPHAZARD APPROACH TO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS.
WHAT MORE HOSPITAL JAMS?
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This writer seems to be saying a lot, but saying nothing. A politician talent waiting for tea?
He seems to support the 7 hr wait.
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Au contraire, idiots do use common sense. Before this is over . . . he will make OYK look like a Choir Boy.
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Do more to solve the bottleneck..
Health worker Manpower and facilities shortage….especially local nurses.
That is the job of the MOH…Better spend more money here to improve the situation than investing in Oversea companies…
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Population has gone up from 5.5 to 6 million, from pandemic to now. That’s almost 10%.
Every queue time from food queue to hospital queue will go up a lot. Every bidding, COE, rent, HDB, property, will also go up.
The shake-leg / sleeping people are waiting for massive public outcry before they do anything.
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@P Against People
Ah Isee. So during the lockdown, people stay at home nothing to do so bonk bonk and bonk, now TFR rate going up? lol
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The pace of our INFRA-STRUCTURAL DEVELIPMENT falls badly behind the INFLUX OF FOREIGNERS here.
This is absolutely VERY POOR PLANNING.
7.2 HOURS IS A LONG WAIT.
SICK PATIENTS are oredy feeling uneasy and to wait for 7.2 hours is simply too much.
If our infrastructures are NOT READY,it is HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE OF THE G TO DUMP SO MAMY FOREIGNERS here into oredy CROWD-OUT TINY SG.
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Not TFR. Foreigners flooding in.
How to have 1/2 million babies in a year?
Isn’t vaccine supposed to reduce fertility?
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With the Pandemic and the Vaccine fallout plus the ageing population the wait will only getting longer.
Much need to be done urgently to address the bottleneck.
Divert all the oversea investment and build medical infrastructure and staff quickly here.
Make it attractive for our young to take up nursing and the older nurses to come back into the industry ,maybe on part time basis to suit them.
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The wait is ridiculous.
People who go A&E are already in pain…why put them through more suffering for waiting ?
Actually it is also very uncomfortable for the family member accompanying them.
Sometimes I wonder with the cramp condition, whether the air is healthy as there is no IAQ reading to show.
Maybe it is the place to get infected.
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For monitoring citizen activities?
China style social monitoring upgrade to 3.0!
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80K ICT JOB$.
Sounds nice n pretty.
Except it translate into MORE FTs ,mostly FAKE,to come here to get rich.
8OK like even INTEGRATED RESORTS that saw more FTs?
Like $100 Billion *Solidarity* budget that deserving needy sgs getting $600 out of a claimed $23.5K?
Vote your choice.
You reap what you vote.
But seriously,OPPO REAPS WHAT IT *SOW* too.
UNITED,sgs stand.
Divided,FTs win.
Be prepared to get more $crewed.
Its daft sheeple’s destiny.
Change by ONE WP?
HOW MANY YEAR$ OREDY?!
PAP MPs all chiak liao bee.
Only the unofficial MPs are labouring,PAP N WP just Wayanging.
The show must go on…
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China knew that during the C19, there will not be enough hospitals to cater to the needs of those who are sick and need medical attention, so they spent billions building makeshift standby hospitals. There were no shortage of doctors or nurses because there are plenty of medical students and nurses in the LOCAL universities to assist in time of needs.
In comparison, the land in Sinkieland are being reserved for the “unborn” and university places were given priority to FT students. Existing nurses were not well protected and do not have the “为人民服务” attitude, all scared kenna so started to quit. So no hospitals, no doctors and no nurses, is expected.
Medical workers in China and many other countries are treated with respect but those in Sinkieland? The medical workers in China are willing to be on the frontline and die for their patients because they know that the country will take good care of them and their families, but Sinkieland “you die your business”, we import more FTs?
Apparently the CON has been busy deflecting the issue and has no intention to improve it, giving excuses that it is just temporary and (hoping) things will revert back to normal.
However, those who believe in vaccine science know that things will never be back to normal as more and more will get injured when the spike proteins have done their thing.
Sinkies must be prepared for a day’s wait or maybe even longer when people start to drop like flies, as in the case of many countries on planet Earth.
Excess deaths (not due to C19) have risen multifold in highly vaccinated countries and even very reputable insurance companies have confirmed this along with experts who are educated in the best universities in the world.
Regardless of whether one chooses to believe their vaccinated fate or not, “Anything and everything that can go wrong with the heart has gone wrong with the heart, as a result of the mRNA vaccines”. And for those who survive, there is still the possibility of the screwed DNA in their off springs.
So be prepared, for it is just a matter of when, not if.
P/S: I am not trying to be mean, just practical. If I am vaccinated and reading all the negative news on the internet regarding the fake mRNA vaccines, I would not be busy denying it, but rather busy preparing for the inevitable, making sure that my family is adequately provided for after I “drop like flies”. This is exactly what I am currently doing due to my stroke, even though it has been treated. Better be prepared than suddenly being caught with the “oops”.
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In China, people have patriotism – they know who they are, what they are fighting for and who they are fighting for. Even if they die it is worth it in their eyes.
In $inkieland people are here only to earn money and step on others to do so. The 95% believe that by following government edicts and rules they are somehow ‘saved’. If there is a crisis you are on your own. We have seen this first hand.
This island is already rotten. One more good crisis is enough to wipe $inkies off the map.
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Like in *model* first world democratic countries where governments are elected to ZSERVE THE CITIZENS(VOTERS),Sg PAP GOVT MUST PUT SGS’ FIRST in ALL ASPECTS OF PUBLIC POLICIES,failing to do so is BETRAYING THE VOTERS’ TRUST.
SG VOTERS MUST WAKE UP N USE THEIR VOTES WITH INTEGRITY,SACREDNESS AND FAIRNESS.
OUTRIGHT REJECTION OF GOOD POTENTIAL OPPO MPs is PURE IRRESPONSIBILITY TO ONESELF,AS CITIZEN,AND TO FAMILY AND OTHER FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.
WHY SHUD A GOVT THAT PUT NON-SGS’ INTERESTS ABOVE SGS BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR IRRESPONSIBLE WAYS?
SGS EXPECT OUR GOVT TO UMABASHLY PUT SGS FIRST FROM JOBS TO HEALTHCARE,PUBLIC HOUSING,CAR OWNERSHIPS(COE,free COE FOR EVERY FAMILY ,NON-TRANFERABLE),AND EVEN PRIORITY IN ALLOCATIONS OF SPECIAL BUDGETS LIKE THE SOLIDARITY/RESILIENCE COVID BUDGET recently.
Whats wrong if SGS GET MORE?
WHY $600 FOR DESERVING NEEDY SGS ONLY?
SO,WE VOTE THE GOVT TO SERVE US,THE VOTERS N OUR FAMILIES,NOT FTs/PRs first.
And,nothing wrong for our elected G to do so!
Instead not doing so is WRONGFUL!!!
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Let’s face it, folks, ours is a nation of village jokers. Call me elitist, call me smug, but it doesn’t change the truth. We are a nation addicted to reality shows, to the worship of spectacle and pomp, bread and circuses; a phenomenon growing in this country over the past few decades.
I am not at all sure author or his cohorts are not going to be the one sworn into office this election. Surely a “narcissistic, rat-eyed buffoon” in the room, unable to even remotely tackle the problems we are facing. Some “useful idiots”–for the Party’s charade? Couldn’t agree more!
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The long wait is not unexpected with the ageing population.
Need to expand the facilities and trained staff urgently as it is likely to get worse.
Maybe build a A&E Hospital
Better to give this higher priority than even put money overseas and lose it.
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