Medical Report..

I had just noted a (standard) medical practice in hospitals, which I find.. erm.. a little unfavourable.

All of us, at certain point in time (especially at a more advanced age), would require medical attention of some kind. These may include some form of scan, test, surgery, etc.

I just learnt that

(i) we are sure to get the receipt(s) telling us how much exactly we need to pay.

(ii) the results of such scan, test or surgery may not be given to the patient. You can however request for it at the “clinical level”. That is, directly through your doctor during the consultation. If you need to get it later, a price will be named. However, we must understand that such scan/test results may not be so useful for medically untrained person. I mean they are pure raw forms of data which are yet to be translated to common language for simple-minded person (me) to understand. In other words, such data needs to be further interpreted. The interpreted data is called the medical report.

(iii) the medical report which is most important for most of us is never given. Our doctor would tell us only verbally our conditions and the necessary follow-ups. If we are interested to have a medical report (for whatever reasons), we will be referred to a different section / department (e.g. Health Information Services) to formally put up such a request (through the form "consent for release of medical information"). We will be charged for that (at $75 per request, currently). The request will then be processed in about 2 weeks’ time.

Medical report may not be “important” most of the time. However at certain point in time, certain organization may request for it. I was asked by X to submit one "historical" medical report. I thought I had lost it, but later only to learn I was not given one in the first place. Maybe I forgot to request at that point in time. Maybe…

Haiz.. The charges for all such medical procedures are already so high. Why such medical report will only be given upon request and only with a fee? Mm..

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