Red Tape

Being recruit into the government service is a hassle.

Lots of red tape...

A simple medical checkup can be complicated like hell.
Things are actually very simple, but the system makes it difficult...

When I recieved my Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam letter, I was over the top. Finally I can get things done after such a long wait...

Among the things needed to be done is the medical check up.
I thought it is gonna be fast and easy. Coz the form is basically very simple.
BUT I WAS WRONG.

I first went to Klinik Kesihatan Kempas coz it is a bigger place and there is an x ray department there.
On my first visit the nurse told me to come early the next day, say about 8am.
On the second visit the registration ppl told me I can't do my medical checkup there because my postcode belongs to Skudai, and I need to go to Klinik Kesihatan TUTA. I tried to reason with them, saying that I am already here and it is more difficult for me to go to TUTA.

But no, the nurse said that their clinic is overloaded with patients and even if she put me through, the doctors will be complaining.

I brought my document to Klinik Kesihatan TUTA.
Horrible place.
It is located in a shoplot, about 2 units big.
The space is so small that I felt suffocated.
Worse, there was no place to sit and wait that I ended up sitting on an abandoned gurney.
Finally the nurse got me to do some simple tests, but I was told that I can only see the doctor after 2 weeks because of the urine drug test that they need to send.

Well it was acceptable.
But then, I was told to do my x ray at Hospital Sultanah Aminah.
So on day three I drove all the way to town, got lost in the hospital, and finally gotten my X ray done.
The x ray need a formal reporting from a radiologist. And apparently it takes about 3 days.
So I was told to leave my x ray there and collect it next week.

Last night my friend told me we need to go and see a dentist for one of the small section in the medical report. Her doctor refused to sign for that section because 'checking for dental carries is under dental care, not medical care'.

WTH???!!!!!

My friend said that initially she went to Klinik Kesihatan at Putrajaya and was told to come back in 3 months time because they are too booked.
Is this acceptable?????

Now that I can't do anything about it, I just hope that my drug test will come back on time and I won't be going for my induction until everything is done.





Cross my fingers and toes