My sister is down with acute appendicitis(aka 急性盲腸炎)!!!
She's now in hospital. According to my mum, it's not really severe but she has to stay in the hospital to wait for her operation.
She's been having stomachache since yesterday night. My mum examined her in the morning(she's a doctor btw, but no certificate in singapore). She was almost very sure that my sister has acute appendicitis so she took her straight to NUH. The NUH told her that she couldn't just bring her there as my sister has to been examined by a polyclinic that she has acute appendicitis before she can go to NUH.
So she took her all the way to polyclinic. After waiting and finally being examined, the doctor derived to the same conclusion as my mum: my sister is likely to have acute appendicitis(and three hours were wasted in that process...)
She took her to the emergency department and amazingly it cost $90 just to get in the queue.(pardon me if this is actually normal in Singapore cos in taiwan it's MUCH cheaper). She spent more money after taking X-ray, etc(which I can't name XD). And after all the check up they still conclude that THEY CAN'T BE SURE THAT SHE HAS ACUTE APPENDICITIS! So now she has to stay in the hospital(to put it in a scary way, she's hospitalised) My mum is bringing her some clothes and comic books for tonight.
My mum was complaining to me. She said if she's in taiwan they(the doctors) would have confirmed she has acute appendicitis and she will be having her operation ASAP. She was amazed by singapore medical system efficiency...
Anyway, let's just hope that she recovers soon(Her school is starting next monday and now she's down with acute appendicitis...)
