Liser's time in Neuro

A picture of the Tan Tock Seng hospital.

I am working on ward 10B which is a neurology/neeuro surgery ward. It is a class B ward, meaning that it is partially subsidized by the government but less so than the C wards. This ward used to be a B1 ward although it is now a B2 but it still only has 5 beds per room with an attached bathroom.

C ward beds are paid for mostly by the government (80%). The patient is only responsible for 20% of the total bill. These rooms have 6 beds per room and only have partial walls separating the rooms from other rooms and the hall way. They have a few ceiling fans in each room to help manage the heat and only have curtains that can be pulled around the beds to provide patients minimal privacy.

For people who choose the class B2 beds, the government still pays the majority of the bill but the patient is responsible for a larger percent of the total bill. (I can't remember how much though.) These rooms also have 6 patients per room with only curtains to provide privacy. Each bed in this ward has its own fan and the rooms have full walls separating them from other rooms and the hallway.

B1 beds have air con. They also sometimes have tvs for each patient. These rooms have 5 patients per room with a bathroom in the room, "real" walls, fans for each bed, and curtains to provide privacy. The government still pays a bit of the bill for patients who stay on B1 wards, but the patient pays the majority of the bill.

The A beds are single rooms with tvs, air con, telephones, a sleeping area for a "support person", free wireless Internet access, and private bathrooms. The patients are responsible for 100% of the bill.

Most of the patients on this ward are stroke patients. We do have a hand full of younger people (16-36) who are on the ward. One had meningitis, one had a traumatic head injury that caused increased pressure in the head, which isn't good, one had a severe headache that was not managed with meds, and one actually had a stroke.

It is interesting and hot working on a non air con ward in a country where the temperature is in the upper 80s all the time!

I wanted to take a few pictures of the wards but I don't think they will let us.