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Originally Posted by Unregistered

What do you guys think of the recent case where doctor was suspended for not referring a cellulitis case to ed.

I read the judgement from the tribunal, it appears that it is expected to refer the patient at the first visit.
- I must admit that I have seen and treated cellulitis with outpatient antibiotics for DM patients before, usually with return advice and early review within 2 days, and many do recover with outpatient treatment.. I usually check and document the DP pulse (but wouldn't surprise me if I do forget on the odd occasion)
- I just wonder/worry if drs will become more defensive as a result, all cellulitis in dm pts straight to ed.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

theyre just givinf the industry what irs looking for

ever since i was an MO peeople tell me i need to be visible
i need to show people im doing something

and that somethint is not ward work, not in OT. people dont csre if you can do surgery or not.what they want is you can publish and have connections

It is going to conferences, presenting some lame paper during m&m when everyone wants to end fast to go to OT.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Same advice to foreign maids:

Please complain to MOM.

Late payments are considered Red flags.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Do people feel that there is too much BS going on in LinkedIn nowadays? I see many people (ranging from junior-senior doctors, allied health personnel, corporate management people) posting things like, I attended this forum/conference/I spoke to this person and learn about the importance of building systems.../holistic care etc.. gives me goosebumps sometimes. I wonder if recruiter/employers are actually looking for such publicity nowadays

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Would like to ask the locums here, is it common for private groups/clinic to not pay their doctors for a shift or delay their payment, and if it happens, what can one realistically do? (Other than stop locuming for that clinic).

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I seriously feel doctors in Singapore are grossly underpaid (or maybe HK is just way too overpaid)

Worked in banking in both HK and SG, and regularly visits clinics in both places as a sick man + occasionally covering healthcare companies in my job. SG doctors are generally a lot more knowledgeable (and GRH specialists really do their pubs etc.) and patient if you are private paying.

HK doctors give you maybe 6-10mins for a specialist consultation costing S$250 and you are only seeing a 35yo specialist who just finished 1Y intern + 6Y specialist training + 2-3 post-specialist experience. You guys are having it tough, by the time someone in HK is almost done with his ENT or cards training, you guys are still queuing for a spot.

I remember asking ENTs in HK for long term solution to my dust mite allergy. Visited a few and I was told there is no long term solution. Use Avamys, netipot, change your bed sheets and use antihistamine if needed. Lol. Only 1 of them told me maybe I can try sublingual immunotherapy but his chain doesn’t stock it. Went back to SG and almost every ENT knows acarizax or allergy shots and equivalent stuff. GRH doctors even answered me a few questions when I followed up with some questions on long term efficacy.

When I was reviewing the financials, I was quite shocked some clinics with 4 docs in HK can pull in S$40m revenue a year, then the senior doc who owns the clinic makes S$10-15m a year, the 35yo colorectal surgeons and clinical oncologists were making S$0.8-1.5m each. I am not sure how much SG pays but looking at this post it is highly unlikely even a derm can pull that money as a salaried doc at such age.

During an investor call, some aesthetic clinic chain in HK mentioned doctors just don’t want to become glorified beauticians because FMs here are paid S$30k a month in PHI right after FHKAM, and clinical chains often pay 40k, solo GP clinics can go north of S$60-80k if you see 60 patients a day. So they paid HK$700k (S$110k) monthly to their experienced aesthetic GPs who are fully utilized). Lol you can guess the reaction of how these financial bros react once they heard the numbers.

I know this post is really off topic and weird. But I truly appreciate you guys. Your professionalism and hard work really made a difference to me and I am sure it made a difference to many singaporeans as well. You are the silent heroes to our society.