accountability?

i’ve been here in SGH since 11.30am. when i arrived, a staff nurse told me my bro had already been wheeled to the OT since 11.15am. decided to wait for him outside his ward as the OT‘s waiting room was kind of crowded. anyway, we were told the procedure would take at most 2 hours – about 45mins for each lung.

i had to rush off at 4pm as i have tutorial at 4.30pm at Fuji Xerox Tower. after my tutorial, which ended at 6.30pm, i rushed straight back to SGH. guess what? he’s still not yet out. waited with my mum for awhile before i grew suspicious. my brother’s been inside the OT since 11.15am and he’s not out yet at 6.30pm?

so i went to check with the staff nurse and was told to check in the CTSICU room where he would be sent to for recovery after surgery. when i arrived in the CTSICU, the nurse on duty told me that there’s no such person by that name in the room. they then checked the system and told me that according to the computer, my brother is in his ward.

something’s wrong right? the people from the ward told me he’s in the CTSICU while the people from the CTSICU told me he’s in the ward. to cut the long story short, we managed to locate him after we went back and spoke to the ward nurse. turned out that my brother was still in the OT. seriously, some accountability has to be there. how can one part of the hospital not know what’s going on from the other part?

the only good thing i can say is that since my mum’s an SGH staff, her staff card’s really pretty useful. we could get through alot of stuffs using my mum’s card. but think about other patients and their relatives who aren’t staff members?

it’s so bloody frustrating not knowing where your loved one is. the ward tells you he’s in some CTSICU while the CTSICU tells you he isn’t and that he’s in the ward when all along, he’s actually still in the OT.

heh. good news is that he’s okay although he’s in extreme pain. going down to SGH again to visit him tomorrow before my next tutorial lesson.