tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post7224715323175027090..comments2023-05-23T09:02:35.294+08:00Comments on 1st & last, do no harm: expatriatedochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-1688000366980694922012-05-11T12:19:40.388+08:002012-05-11T12:19:40.388+08:00KC,
thanks for your comment, esp more so as this ...KC,<br /><br />thanks for your comment, esp more so as this is an old post.<br /><br />does your grading of expatriates follow that stated order of prestige/importance?dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-71077508218581010082012-05-11T10:05:53.521+08:002012-05-11T10:05:53.521+08:00expats also have diff grades... and you can more o...expats also have diff grades... and you can more or less know which grade they are on where they stay - those klcc ones, the bangsar/kiara ones, the cyber ones, and even puchong ones...!kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10195350398221794083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-87421407566049444232010-11-16T09:53:32.255+08:002010-11-16T09:53:32.255+08:00House-tai,
sounds very much like our young doctor...House-tai,<br /><br />sounds very much like our young doctors in govt service!!dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-543347649370079002010-11-15T18:04:03.364+08:002010-11-15T18:04:03.364+08:00wah la la! ahnehneh...i rest my case. (i know, rac...wah la la! ahnehneh...i rest my case. (i know, racist comment, u don't need to publish this in ur blog if u don't want to) <br /><br />i'm sure there are excellent vietnamese docs around, the ones i'm referring to are the type in hospital kerajaan vietnam, serving hundreds on patients a day and getting paid USD300 a month.<br /><br />interesting blog u have..subscribed.house-tainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-17679178320518493272010-11-15T00:59:39.202+08:002010-11-15T00:59:39.202+08:00House-tai,
thanks for your comment.
you may not ...House-tai,<br /><br />thanks for your comment.<br /><br />you may not believe this but vietnamese surgeons are some of the best trained in laparoscopic surgery in southeast asia. some of my colleagues go there for exposure & experience.<br /><br />the expatriates i referred to are from india.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-73210038127484022922010-11-15T00:43:53.805+08:002010-11-15T00:43:53.805+08:00My family and I are "expatriates" oursel...My family and I are "expatriates" ourselves in Saigon, Vietnam. But since the husband is working for a S'porean company, lackadaisical attitude + etc that you described will certainly not be tolerated. I suspect that the expats you had met are mat sallehs, who fortunately enjoy much more perks and benefits (as expats) worldwide by the virtue of their genes.<br /><br />From what I heard, the expat doctors in Saigon are not great really, although they are french, russians, americans, brits, japs, etc. And worse, the "normal minimum" price to see a GP is USD 100-120, even for something as simple as flu or tummy upset. But business is still good for them, since there's no way that foreigners like us will go see Vietnamese doctors!house-tainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-58587537113712683762010-11-14T23:58:33.801+08:002010-11-14T23:58:33.801+08:00UG,
yeah, there are a few good ones, but too few ...UG,<br /><br />yeah, there are a few good ones, but too few & too far in between.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-36228849204342849972010-11-13T20:58:41.208+08:002010-11-13T20:58:41.208+08:00but then again , not of all them are like that - r...but then again , not of all them are like that - rite ??? there are 1 or 2 saints amongst them.....Unicorn Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191224144119007495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-72764534059744511472010-11-11T00:53:45.688+08:002010-11-11T00:53:45.688+08:00MissyC,
not surprising at all about the state of ...MissyC,<br /><br />not surprising at all about the state of our healthcare - our govt spent USD300 per capita on health in 2007 while US spent USD6000 & s'pore USD1800.<br /><br />the recent fiasco over the construction of the shah alam hosp is testament to this.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-9030084326012810882010-11-10T14:11:10.344+08:002010-11-10T14:11:10.344+08:00When my late sis-in-law "famed" oncologi...When my late sis-in-law "famed" oncologist 'fled' the country, she & others were left in a lurch as there were no one to takeover his job. She was finally attended to by a expatriate oncologist at another private hospital. A wake up call in healthcare industry.<br /><br />I had a not so nice encounter with expatriate TCM lady doctor who spoke in her high & mighty tone, with nose in the air Mandarin. Despite telling her I don't speak her lingo & being told she could speak & understand English, she refused. Probably looking down at me for being a Chinese but cannot speak the lingo! I refused to go back to her & sought a local TCM who charges even cheaper & can do the same job at the same hospital.missycnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-56028054750955834342010-11-10T00:23:17.841+08:002010-11-10T00:23:17.841+08:00Mei Teng,
true & it's dreadful to have to...Mei Teng,<br /><br />true & it's dreadful to have to work with people with bad attitude.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-65364126508337484262010-11-10T00:21:19.397+08:002010-11-10T00:21:19.397+08:00Yvonne,
JH won't set up a med school & ho...Yvonne,<br /><br />JH won't set up a med school & hospital here unless they have something to benefit & i'm sure the govt would have dangled a really juicy carrot for them to agree.<br /><br />from m'sia's view point, we get to blow our trumpet to the rest of the world about our education hub...blah...blah.<br /><br />so far, monash & newcastle have branch med schools here.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-3438020676004309452010-11-10T00:12:16.667+08:002010-11-10T00:12:16.667+08:00Claire,
patience of the saints as well!Claire,<br /><br />patience of the saints as well!dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-53372697794343604972010-11-09T23:00:21.042+08:002010-11-09T23:00:21.042+08:00Expats also have attitude problems like most of us...Expats also have attitude problems like most of us :) No one is immune to bad attitudes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-45434020414581286692010-11-09T22:20:02.886+08:002010-11-09T22:20:02.886+08:00The expatriates who do cleaning and construction a...The expatriates who do cleaning and construction are LOWLY paid, right?<br /><br />I hope we don't gave such expatriate doctors. One thing I don't understand is that recently, Najib announced that there will be a John Hopkins University set up here to teach medicine. Why would John Hopkins want to come here?Yvonne Foonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908132837504150283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-10811802852941273532010-11-09T14:29:27.223+08:002010-11-09T14:29:27.223+08:00Tolerance.. perseverance.. :)Tolerance.. perseverance.. :)Reanaclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716477622054835019noreply@blogger.com