The worst reasons why people visit A&E
A&E stands for Accident & Emergencies but for some reason people seem to think it stands for “All & Everything”.
The A&E is not a polyclinic to treat all your minor ailments. Non-urgent cases do clog up the A&E services and even with triage systems (green zone for the non-urgent), patients do not understand and complain about the waiting.
Which brings us to this news item we came across about the NHS UK on The worst reasons people visit A&E when they shouldn’t.
We thought we’d ask our doctors for their experience on worst reasons for people coming to the A&E in Malaysia and here are some howlers
1. I had one mum bring her child in to the A &E in HUKM for a year’s history of rash . When I asked her why she chose to come to the hospital and at that late hour she said ” sebab waktu ni tak ramai orang”
2. I have mole on my toe, can you remove it?
3. Knee pain / Back pain for (insert number > 1 here) years
4. Dandruff (I kid you not)
5. Myopia for 3 years, comes at 5:30am ‘cos doesn’t want to wear spectacles
6. Claims to have been bitten by a frog
7. Child can’t sleep, keeps crying x 1 day. Patient was triaged to the green zone and waited approx 2hrs (peak period unfortunately). Baby was fast asleep by the time I attended to the mother..
8. Toothache at 3am. Already been seen by dentist earlier during the day and been given antibiotics and painkillers. Refused to take painkillers.
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Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Ethics - Health tips - Nation - Offbeat news A&E Eemrgency ER Source Type: blogs
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