Subj. There are enough stories and experiences that would qualify as medical incompetence, malpractice, and maybe even intentional harm.
Enlighten us …
We are all ears.
And what would you recommend in Hsinchu?
I have heard of one case of incompetence involving a colleague of my wife. Certainly if true it would have lead to a major malpractice suit back home but unclear if anything could be done here.
But, we have had wonderful experiences there. Both my son and daughter were born there and I often gloat about the care we receive at MacKay to family back in Canada. Try getting professional treatment at a busy emergency room in Canada 10 minutes after arrival - impossible.
Fortunately this past year we have only needed to use one of the many local clinics in our area. I’m curious how bad this hospital has fallen.
Ok, the last story I’ve heard that pushed me over the edge – a friend got broken arm treated in Mackay. Now in Europe, having bone transplantation surgery for that arm. Turned out Mackay docs fuxxed up badly.
There have been other cases I don’t want to talk about. I’m not saying that all of the docs there are bastards. Just some of them. If you choose to go there for help, be careful, think twice, double-check everything, get a second opinion.
That goes for any hospital anywhere, I’d say. Certainly in the UK.
As I’ve heard, UK medical system is the worst in the world. Ok, third world excluded. Somehow that doesn’t make me feel any safer here, especially in the hands of Mackay health professionals.
Mackay on Taipei city is just as bad. Had a spill and told the doc that i thought i had broken my collarbone (protruding under the skin), broken some ribs and a toe. A&E doc examines me and gives a tsk and tells me no problems and to go home (no painkillers prescribed)! Go to NTU the next day as my body was in pain and find that i have all of the above injuries.
My son is currently in MacKay Hsinchu with pneumonia and my impression is that the er has gone downhill tremendously in terms of the quality of care. Facilities seem to be inadequate with beds in the halls, nursing looking around for equipment etc. My wife knows the head of anesthesiology there and without her help greasing the wheels God knows how we would have managed - she said the dr. in the er was too inexperienced to help our son and got us to the head of the line to see someone else outside the er. He needed to be admitted but no beds until late today. Sounds like Canada, not the Taiwan system we were used to.
When I asked her where else to go in Hsinchu for pediatric care she said Taipei.
A month ago we rushed to MacKay’s er as my son had a fish bone lodged in his throat. They couldn’t handle it, refused treatment, and we went to the provincial hospital instead.
Lots of complaints overnite with people leaving to go elsewhere.
And no one seems to mind the family beating on the kid across the room. I guess that’s how they get those fussy sick kids to take their medicine.
What a transformation the place has undergone.
As I’ve heard, UK medical system is the worst in the world. Ok, third world excluded. Somehow that doesn’t make me feel any safer here, especially in the hands of Mackay health professionals.[/quote]According to the WHO, the UK is 18th best in the world.
I wonder if that includes private care facilities. I can’t imagine the NHS being in the top 20.
As I’ve heard, UK medical system is the worst in the world. Ok, third world excluded. Somehow that doesn’t make me feel any safer here, especially in the hands of Mackay health professionals.[/quote]
I wasn’t a fan of UK doctors. For the most part, they don’t seem as open to people challenging or questioning their prognoses. I’ve been to doctors in Malaysia, UK, Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, Laos, Australia, and Turkey, and would say that with the exception of Laos, I’ve received top-quality treatment in Asia.