Thank docs who make themselves available
I REFER to the letter, 'Clinic charged $42 for consultation over CNY' by Mr Andrew Chia Teck Fatt (ST, Feb 23).
I do sympathise with Mr Chia, but I honestly feel he should not begrudge the fact that his grandmother was charged $42. In fact, he should be grateful to the doctor who made himself available on a public holiday when most clinics are closed.
If he had taken his grandmother to a public hospital, he would have had to pay a higher fee. Public hospitals charge no less than $70 per consultation. In addition, he would have had to wait at least a couple of hours to see a doctor.
I called a plumber recently to fix a leaking tap. He charged me $400 without batting an eyelid.
I called an electrician to fix a fuse box, and he charged me $600 without hesitation.
I called a roof contractor to fix a leaking roof. He sent a worker up to the roof with a pail of cement. The worker came down within five minutes and I had a $500 bill. I paid because it was after office hours and a public holiday.
Why do we complain when we pay $42 to the hardworking doctor who makes himself available on a public holiday? It's a pittance to say the least.
I believe the good doctor should have charged Mr Chia $100 for a consultation on a public holiday. And that, I feel, is still very modest.
Amy Ng Siok Im (Ms)
What makes you think she is living there?Originally posted by ditzy:Wow, wherever she's living, I don't want to be in it.Leaking taps, faulty fuse boxes and leaky roofs.
Nonono, it shows women are stupid, and they need men to do everything else in between.Originally posted by Hogzilla:I think it shows that the men in her house dunno how to do anything....
doesn't make the slightest sense.Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:Pillowielite tok..i mean , talk:
I am actually on MC today, but instead of resting, i came to sgforums. Now that i am here, you all are paying me less than my regular pay as i am late by an hour. Other forums pay the same price, now, just paying $42 to doctor saved your grandma. Do not complain so much and get cracking.
Pillowielite.
sound like elite or not?![]()
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me think this is true.Originally posted by hiphop2009:editor wans dat person to look like a fool by writing such stuff
I read that one too!!! I was like:"li tao nao pai si boh???!?!"Originally posted by CoolMyth:Reminds me of the person who said in the ST forum with his letter that he want to see the GST up to 10% and the corporate tax down to 15%.![]()
no, but the plumber and electrician took one look at the address and mentally marked up their asking prices by 300% ....Originally posted by fudgester:So... fixing a leaking tap costs $400?![]()
Shucks man... did the plumber install a new gold-plated tap or something?![]()
But seriously, what was she thinking when she paid $400?Originally posted by Fatum:no, but the plumber and electrician took one look at the address and mentally marked up their asking prices by 300% ....
everyone loves taking money from the elites ....![]()
Maybe That new tap was actually the golden tap previously ownedOriginally posted by fudgester:But seriously, what was she thinking when she paid $400?
I should think that a brand-new tap at a neighbourhood hardware store won't cost more than $20.
And adding perhaps another $40 for labour charges... that surely can't add up to $400, huh?
Or am I missing something here?![]()