Medication

I was charged RM157 again yesterday at a child specialist at puchong. I never thought of being charge this much because my initial intention was just to do ben's nebulizer because DSH is too far for me and i'm feeling really tired especially at night when the kids start to fuss. At DSH i only pay total RM20 for nebulizer and i never thought i have to pay 8 times more in a CLINIC. I just feel unfair, as the saying - the poor gets poorer and the rich gets richer. Many thinks hospital charge higher, honestly it's not and is very much cheaper than child specialist clinic. Moreover the medicine you get from the hospital has name on it, unlike the clinic they repack into plastic bottles and you do not even know what is the name of the medicine.  Well, i only go to clinic when it's off office hour or i have no choice to go. The last visit was charge at RM180 because andrea had high fever at 40.2 degrees! The charges is crazy! 
Note: I had a letter from DSH to do nebulizer anywhere, i don't understand why the doctor still want to see us and check on ben and give somemore medicine to ben. Anything happen is DSH fault because DSH dr. issue that letter! I just don't understand. 

I went to dr. musa never had bill more than RM50, if alot of medicine then is RM100 and below. I'm grateful that we meet dr. musa because we learn many basic things from him and he is not those type of doctor that scare you to death. He is andrea's and ben's paed when born at DSH, when they are born dr. told us about jaundice - when to bring the baby in (not yellow then immediately bring in). He always believe that human has the capacity to fight over bacteria/ virus, if it's out of control then only bring baby to him. Along the way, small little baby become small little kids, they all have their sickness on and off. Here is what he advise us to keep at home, we should treat our kids 1st, if out of control bring baby to him:

1. Paracetamol (fever below 38.5 degrees)

2. Voltaren (fever above 38.5 degrees)

3. Promethazine for cough and flu

4. Ventolin for cough and phglem

5. Sterimar for nose block (nose spray to clear the nasal airway)

6. Illiadin for nose decongestant (to stop runny nose)

I also use forehead cooler and thermometer when they have fever. If too hot only i sponge them - all over the body. Recently ben cough quite badly and i head the phlegm is quite bad, so i bring him to dr. musa. Indeed is bad, he refer us to chest physio so that the physiotherapist could teach me how to do patting on the chest and ben had to do phlegm suction. Hence now i learn another technique - always after nebulizer (when the lungs air way is big), we need to follow by patting on the chest to loosen the phlegm, so they can swallow it. According to them, kids from age 0-3 does not know how to spit their phlegm. 

I just hope doctors could show more love because not only the kids are suffering from long waiting queue, their parents are also very tired when their kids are ill (emotionally and physically). We need doctors badly when we are not well, please don't use this as a weapon to attack us when we are most vulnerable. Show some mercy because one day you have your own kid as well, what goes around comes around. God Bless.