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Today, an asthmatic 80 year old man, suffering from Shortness of Breath was denied the ventilator machine, because the emergency department only had 3, and it was vital it be saved for patients of the ‘productive’ age.

Today, a girl suffering from a U.T.I. was admitted into the Emergency department for abdominal pain, a common side effect from Bactrim, a cheap (does not mean ineffective) U.T.I. drug, that comes with a barrage of side effects. She was not prescribed any of the alternate treatment like ciprofloxacin, simply because it was expensive and was to be used in only dire situations (i.e. terminal critical stage). Ciprofloxacin is prescribed regularly in most western countries.

Today, a toddler (24 days old) came into the emergency department for having complications from having swallowed amniotic fluid. Fluid that was to be sucked clear upon giving birth, but not properly done due to the lack of proper equipment.

I could go on forever with this list, but you pretty much know what I’m getting at. Malaysian Hospitals are so ill-fitted. Understaffed? Yes. Lack of Doctors? Very much so, but the few but talented doctors are managing patients day in, day out, but at what cost? Due to budget constrictions, they are not allowed to prescribe potent drugs, and are to be as conservative as they can when it comes to prescribing expensive medicine.

Can I blame them? No, it’s not their fault, it isn’t the hospital administration either, it’s naturally the government. When you speak of Doctors, they first thing that comes to someone’s mind is a tall handsome looking bloke, with a stethoscope around his neck, cruising around in a RX-7. This is far from the truth, except the part about the tall handsome bloke, with a stethoscope. Government doctors are underpaid, overworked, and have a shit-load of stress at any point of time. Anyone who thinks medicine is easy money for doctors, can be easily classified as an idiot.

The environment that doctors work in are highly risky, and there is room for little (if any) mistakes. Imagine spending 5+ years learning an art, and the moment you come back you’re chucked into the basket of “Those n00b’s that don’t know jack shit, yet” and be treated like a slave for the entire time of your housemanship?

Doesn’t sound very pretty, while the entire time you make a meager salary of RM 2,000. You may argue, RM 2,000 not bad what, so you tell me, what happens to the RM 200,000 in loans behind my back, taken by my parents for my course? Do you expect it to disappear? No less, let me get back to the main point.

I fail to see why the government spends so much money on things that are useless. Seriously, if it was up to me, I’d simply abolish any unnecessary budget spending and pump more into the “Education Sector” and “Health Policies”. I consider them being the most vital part of the growth of any economy.

You may argue, but HypoG, brain drain and shit, why make our kids smarter. And I’ll say, cancel your extremely fascist and racist policies and watch the brain drain stop.

You may argue, but HypoG, it’s a known fact that the majority of Americans are stupid, but only a handful of geniuses… why can’t we be the same? And I’ll say, give a jewish man a pie today, and tomorrow he’d have opened a Pie manufacturing and distributing center. It doesn’t matter if you hate the jews with much passion, you cannot deny they are a smart bunch. However, considering how Anti-semitic we are, we could not possibly apply the same principle in our country!

What’s all this ruckus about NEP, Islamic State, Cronyism, and Nepotism? My advice to all Malaysians is to stop giving a fuck, and start thinking for yourself.

NEP — This is a good policy that has been raped and tarnished by those in power. Helping the poor rural malays is one thing, and helping Ministers buy bungalows at a discounted price is something completely different. Fix this first, and then bitch about how NEP is not enough and Rm 100,000 bungalows should be around RM 80,000 for Ministers so they can purchase it.

Islamic State — Anyone who is advocating this is, looking forwards towards the destruction of Malaysia. Listen, how would you like if the chinese started calling Penang a Buddhist state? The Keris’ would wave, the Parangs would fly, and all hell will break loose.

But it’s okay to do otherwise because the majority of the citizens profess Islam? That’s shallow thinking. Maybe Klang should be the new Hinduism hub?

As things are, it’s already difficult for any _New_ religious buildings to be built, unless they be mosques, do we really need to give the government a reason to completely deny other citizens to build places of worship because their religion is of a false God?

I’m going off topic, I digress. Let me get back to the topic at hand, the Medical Environment of Malaysia. Let me try breaking it to you ‘fundies’ of NEP.

According to the government statistics, the poorest race in Malaysia (Malays) — (Assessed via the fact that Malays hold the least amount of equity) utilize government hospitals the most, whilst the rich chinese and indians live like kings in the private hospitals! We cannot have our brethren, brothers and Sisters in Islam, to suffer whilst the other kaffir’s enjoy their expensive medical treatment! No way, come, invest more into the medical sector. Supply clinics with more beds, higher pay for doctors, higher pay for nurses, HA’s, more facillities, more drugs.

Needless to say, all 3 patients mentioned at the beginning of my articles are Malay folks, and It was a bit sad to see them suffer like that, but such is life, unless the government does something. Sure ministers have no worries, there’s always Gleneagles around the corner for them, but for the common poor man, all he has to rely on is the G.H.

Sincerely,

HypoG

P.S. Stay tuned for an article bitching about Elective Students Who Piss Me off, coming soon!

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