Tuesday, January 20, 2009

First visit to the Doc



I was wondering how long here before we have to see a doctor? Daisy hasn't been well for quite a few days. Rest didn't work, symptoms have worsen and so finally I took her to the American Hospital this morning.

In Singlish style, "So how much?" We paid 50 AED but the the rest of the bill foot by "Ah Kong" is almost 1,000 AED, i.e., about S$400. Daisy got a lot of useless time with the doc and a bag full of medicines. The cough mixture, the "Ivy leaf" type is the same we usually get back home. The antibiotics is more interesting - Two tablets once a day; an hour before meals for three days. This is a lot easier to follow than the four times a day over four to five days most GPs prescribed back home.

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