Thursday, April 30, 2009

KLA doctor accused of malingering was simply waiting for next patient

A Kuala Lumpur Hospital doctor accused of “goofing off” was simply reading a newspaper while waiting for his next patient, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today.
The visibly upset minister said Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk M. Saravanan should have investigated the incident before hurling accusations.
Liow said an indepth investigation revealed that the doctor, a houseman, had completed examining a patient and had picked up the newspaper his patient had left behind.
“The houseman was reading the headlines when Saravanan walked in,” he said.
Liow said there were only eight patients at the time of incident at the non-critical zone of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital’s Emergency Department and not 20 as claimed by Saravanan.
“Three of them were waiting to be seen while the rest were asthmatics who were being treated. The others in the room were the relatives of the patients,” Liow told reporters at his ministry.
Saravanan on Sunday claimed that he was at the department about 10.30am to see a university student who was knocked down by a car driven by his driver.
He said he was waiting for the girl to be treated and realised that none of the patients were being called in by the doctors, and when he opened the door to a treatment room found a doctor reading a newspaper and another “doing his own stuff”.
Liow said a girl by the name of M. Revathy, 23, was treated at the non critical zone about 9.25am following a road accident.
“The girl was examined and treated by 10.10am. Even an X-ray was performed on her leg to ascertain fractures but she suffered none,” he said.
He said after performing the necessary procedures on her leg and prescribing medication, Ravathy was placed on a wheelchair at the Emergency Department.
“It was at 10.40am that Saravanan entered the treatment room and reprimanded the doctors, accusing one of them for reading a newspaper while some 20 people were waiting outside to be seen,” Liow said.
Liow added that patients normally waited about 15 minutes in the non-critical zone to see a doctor.

tunku : saravanan was trying to be popular but he hit the nail at the wrong place.he must apologize to the doctors if he has some value in him or best for him to resign.it was very shameful act from a deputy minister. the doctors are human too and they(government's doctors) are paid peanuts and they work for long hours .don't forget about that. next time saravanan should think before opening his big mouth.this is lesson to all.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ministers should CCTV should online major operation of their ontrol ministries...Then they can serve as a watch DOG for efficiency. It will help...

Anonymous said...

If this was true, the MIC should think very hard about asking for extra Ministerial posts....very crass, coarse,almost barbaric, unrefined and in all probability, uncultured...Tsk tsk....and to rank him a Minister?.....very embarassing.

Adminstrator, you may delete or edit this comment but I am pissed off with those who jumped the gun...TQ

balan said...

Some idiotic reaction from saravanan.

he is actually trying to match t.Murugiah, in terms of publicity in the press
This is the problem when you put ex-goons in public office

http://balankumarpremakumaran.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

sometimes a good doctor may not be a good administrator. Likewise a good doctor may not want to listen to the administrator whom they claim do not understand the medical procedures... DOn't you all think Dr. CHua SL is no good. actually whenyou appoint someone who know nothing about Medical like Lioa..surely things mess up. Dr chua had done good in the past and he should be appointd advisory board...unless Lioa hates Dr Chua...Politics , medically sounds and people service orientation is the key... And medical services is one of the VERY important Customer services a Politician must know.

But nowsaday we had many foreigners enjoy RMX medical serives sponsered by Malaysian TAX PAYERs, as well as many foreigners Doctors paid by tax payers- cos our education policies also messed up for the past Donkey years...

WHo can change...I think 1Malaysia means a lots if all ministers really think deep and hard..toomany policies and decisions in the past had great implications now. It is who had done best for people, they would win.

Anonymous said...

Saravanan tu tahap mandur estet aje. Jawatan menteri tinggi sangat untuk dia..

mg said...

I believe he was honest and ofcourse trying too hard.
It clearly shows that he is still wet behind the ears.