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Dr Khor is pretty "low grade", he nearly killed me.. i suffered from a serious tonsilitis that cause me alot of pain, and cant eat, cant sleep, cant drink, and he gave me tons of panadols and some antibiotic, RM230, later.. i hospitalised due to this..

Hi is me ! I am back !
Let me describe my situation first.
I was wearing tracheostomy(google plz) for more than one year. This stuff actually i dun know what its main purpose. But normally, patient will take out this 3 months after operation. ( I had my head operation in JBGH)
In my case, i was failed to wear off this tracheostomy. Once I take it out, i was unable to breath  

OK, since Dr in GH also dun know wat problem is, my dad decide to seek consultation in Pantai Melaka.
I strongly recommend this Dr (Dr. Ilangovan Lakshmanan) . He is a nice man and most important is his consultation fee is extremely cheap !!! Scope procedure + medicine only RM85!!! But very sad, he is no experience in this kind of operation. So he refer me to another Dr in Pantai KL

Well, this dr is able to do my case. He told me that only few Drs are experience in this such operation.
The estimate cost is RM50K     
OK, no choice. I trust his saying" ei, bukan semua dr tau buat operation macam ini"
Operation will be do 1 weeks later.

1 day before I masuk Wad, his nurse called me and told me need to postpone the operation until further notice because dr's bro passed away in foreign country.

3 weeks passed, still no news fr hospital. My dad start to feel "pekcek" ady. Both of us keep calling Pantai, but the answer we get always "dr akan balik esok / dr akan masuk minggu depan " WTF
But something i need to say is pantai charged extremely high. consultation + MRI = 500+850

My dad and I feel dissapointed and very angry also. We decide to find another dr.
So i start searching info here and there, and finally i get over here.
Many LYN member introduce DrKxxx.
So I went for a try 2 weeks b4 CNY

Another nightmare began.
After he looked at my MRI, he told me that he cant do this operation too. I am prepared with this answer bcuz i still believe what the previous dr told me " ei, bukan semua dr tau buat operation macam ini"   
The more terrible is he asked me better stay steady with the tracheostomy. Means the he asked not to do anything with that stuff. Just wear it WHOLE LIFE !! WTF, I am jz 20!!! He keep talking some evidence to make me trust him like "even in US also few dr in experience in this" , "after u take out the tracheostomy u might unable to voice" , "the operation always need to few times, each times with50~60K, finally u will bankcrupt but problem cant solved" LOL. That time, i really scared. Tears in eyes . haha
But luckily he introduced me Prof Sani of UKMSC.

I strooooooooongly recommend Prof Sani.
He is nice and humour, willing to explain a lot to patient, u will very relax while talking with him.
After doing scope procedure, I take out the MRI report to him. He told me this report is useless lah, he even didn't look 1 eye at the report ( WTF wat a waste with RM850 !!!)
He keep telling me my case is a small operation even his master student could handle it by laser. Not enuf 10 mins, he already arranged the time for operation. Finally my operation done last monday.

As mentioned above, the estimated cost is 50K right?
But i only spent RM 4200 in UKMSC !!! WTF

The room rates also cheaper thn other private. Only RM165 for single room !!! air-cond and TV ready. Shared bathroom. SO i suggest that next time should go to hospital like UKMSC/UMSC because there are equiped with modern apparatus  
Finally finish my long long story with my poor poor english.
This jz a sharing, doesn't mean to defame /criticize any doctor/ hospital.

Thanks

Brought my 17 wk pregnant wife to see mr Gan tong née at Sunway hospital. She is suffering daily headache and sinus pain.

During the first visit she was given antibiotics and some nasal spray for a week as he said that there are some sinus infection. During that week, she was fine for about 3 days and then all the symptoms came back. After a week, brought her back to mr Gan tong née again as she is still having the same issue. He then gave her Rhinocort Aqua nasal spray and ask her to use daily for two weeks. Today as I'm writing this, she is on that nasal spray for 1 week now and she is still suffering from headache and sinus pain.

Overall mr gan tong nee is a friendly and nice doctor but am not sure about his treatment. From what i read above, it seems that he likes to recommend his patients to do operation and at most time from what i read above, doesn't treat the problem.

sigh.... Heart Pain,  seeing my wife still suffering everyday. I tried all sorts of other remedies, bought a sharp plasmacluster ion generator, using tea tree oil, switch off air conditioner, humidify that room and still no cure or relief. Sigh...She is now trying to use probiotics in her neti pot as well. 2 days now... Hope this remedies recommended by some sufferer online will cure her.. Might bring her to seek for second opinion if she doesn't feel better in the next few days... Maybe will try dr Khor at Jalan Pudu..

Hey people, can you believe that after I had gone for the sinusitis surgery and 7 to 8 times of hospital referral after the surgery, but until today, the problems of my sinusitis still remaining at least 95%...!!! Is this sound very ridiculous??

I was facing a very serious nose problem since so many years ago. One day, I found that I have had enough for this, because of my life and works were really been effected by this problem, so I decided to go to see the specialist, then I came to this so-called “ENT specialist” DR ONG CHUN CHIANG clinic.

This doctor said I got a very serious sinusitis and suggested me gone for the surgery. I was agreed. However, he never done the CT scans for me before the surgery. So without the CT scan, how can he clean up the secretions inside of my nasal cavity correctly??

A week after the surgery, I went back for hospital referral, some questions I asked and the answer was given by him were really make me frustrated, and he keep giving (actually I need to pay) me the medicine, even though I have not finished yet. Every time I went back to hospital referral, I have to pay RM180 to RM200 that was not cheap, ok??!!

When I found that was something with this so called “Specialist doctor”,  I went to see  another 2 ENT specialist doctor , after talking with them, and done the CT scans by of  them, it  made me more confident in believing that it was really something wrong with the 1st “specialist doctor”.!! I was really get shocked after seeing and listened from the doctor about my result of CT scans.

DR ONG CHUN CHIANG  : ARE YOU A REAL PROFFERSIONAL SPECIALIST DOCTOR???!!!!!

http://www.medeguide.com/ong-chun-chiang

don go to dr gan anymore. yes, he is nice and friendly but he can be very very pushy when wanna persuade people to go for FESS. he immediately told me to sign a form to book appointment without giving me time to consider.

never go back since then.

till now, i'm still looking for a good ENT. called dr khor's clinic to find out opening hours, but the nurses very fierce =_=

also went to Dr Bala in Tropicana....erm....so so only.

I brought my wife to see Dr Khor at Jalan Pudu, last Friday. It was quite expensive as well. I paid lesser at Sunway Medical Center with branded medication.

Dr Khor gave my wife some unknown drops and some cream in his own packaging. No idea what medication he gave to my pregnant wife. He did a normal scope into her nose as well and got lectured for about 15 minutes. All these comes to RM 218!

Upon registration, the receptionist asked which Chinese ancestry my wife belongs to and what is she working as. I felt weird at the beginning as I wondered why they needed such details. I don't quite like the receptionist attitude. Reminds me of some fierce teachers in those government school. Actually Dr Khor as well. He shows some kind of impatiences when you ask him more questions.

During examination, he insisted that my wife's problem is with what she is doing, which is online clothes reseller (At this time I realised why he wants to record what my wife's job is). He said that all new cloths contains allergens that is triggering her sinus problem. I'm not really sure if this is the case or not as she is not stocking a lot of the clothes at home and only once a week she will be handling the clothes and furthermore, she handles less than 10 pieces of the clothes. Hmm, if really this is the cause, she can't be walking into shopping mall already. I still feel sceptical on his claims but he is not a person that you could really voice your opinion to, so I just agree to what he say and hopefully his treatment works. He has also suggested us to open all the windows in the house for good ventilation, which he has a point and I'm doing it.

4 days now, my wife is still experiencing the same thing daily. My wife is asked to use the treatment he gave till the next appointment which is about  1.1/2 weeks more to go. Not sure whether to go back or not.

Since he said that it is due to some allergens and as it is happening to her around the same time each day, I recommended my wife to use the netti pot on a strict schedule, i.e before the time, she is expected to have headache which is once at 1pm and 6pm. This idea just came up today, hope this works. My reasoning is to clean up the allergens that is irritating her sinus before it gets too irritated till it hits her head.

On the other hand just to share, previously I noticed that I've been over humidifying my room. I read that ideally, the room humidity should about around 40-60%. Anything above 60%, allows dust mites to thrive. Previously my Sharp filter that has a build-in humidifier, has brought my room humidity level up to 80%. I quit using it as Dr Khor also said that it is bad. Now my room is about 55 plus minus.

Hi all,

Please help comment if my experience at SIME DARBY MEDICAL CENTRE is TOO EXPENSIVE.

I went to visit Dr. NG PENG CHUA in SIME DARBY MEDICAL CENTRE this morning.

I spent a total of RM444 for a short 7 minute consultation. Is there any ways I can raise awareness on problems like this if this is too expensive?

Thank you guys.

try Dr azlina Columbia Hospital Cheras, just done my sinus surgery..luckily got insurance covered, but overall not too expensive for consultancy.

I had the exact same symptom as above but I recovered after I've been to Dr Khor whereas the GP failed me. Was sick for a week until I visited Dr Khor.

A little bit of Dr Khor from my viewpoint:
He is good.
I went to him because I was suffering from fever and very painful sore throat for a prolonged time - about a week. Seen a GP but wasn't recovering.
Somewhat from hearing me speak only, he is able to diagnosed my problem is with my nose then only he prompt me to the endoscope and CT scan. That brief moment I was trying to tell him my symptoms but I don't think he's taking in what I'm saying also.

The way he talk does give a streak of impatience or lansi but not impolite.
I don't know how to describe it.
Maybe it is just the way he communicates, direct and straight but not with proper connecting sequence.
Imagine hearing that you need an operation to cure your sickness after diagnosis without first knowing what is wrong, why it happens and why requires operation.. these kind of sequence is missing.

I planned to visit Dr. Koh Tat Ngee from Gleneagles soon. It is not that I don't trust Dr. Khor but it is what people always said to look for 2nd opinions. After all, Dr. Khor wanna cut me up which is no small matter of taking medicine only.

Anyone can share something about Dr. Koh Tat Ngee?

Damn.I went to dr.khor today.It was quite an unpleasant experience.
I got scolded for being in pain .He is too straight forward and he stares the heck out of ur eyes when he is talking to u.He seems to have more potential to be a lawyer than being a specialist.
So this is what i asked him and how he answered me back:

ME:Why cant we close the curtain?
Dr. Khor: No you cant.

No proper answering,no nothing.

Just to update. I had my nose operated by Dr Khor last week due to my deviated septum. The surgery took about 2 hours (starting from my sleep until I woke up). I feel I can breathe better once I was conscious.

Now I need to faced by bloody nose as I need to keep on blowing my nose from time to time to avoid blood clot. But it's getting lesser as I keep applying the oil drops every 3 hours.

Will update again my condition in a few weeks time.

Hi all, just to sharing with you guys.. I have just done my surgery for sinus, septoplasmy and septum deviation... Total damage was about RM9.7K. But now after 1 week, my nose still blocking a side.. (Sometime left sometime right). Would like to know is this normal? Dr.Khor asked me to drop some warm (plus little salt) water into it.

Ya.. i was expected 5 to 6k. Dr.khor did the operation. Excript. U did this surgery too? How is your both nostrils now?  With blockage?  I'm so worry now because I'm still having blockage at a side running left and right. Maybe i will go back to see him though he asked me to go back after 3 weeks..

The dr Khor from Pudu, is his clinic opposite Puduraya with an ear signboard? One of my relative got tinnitus 10 years ago and the 1st ENT that he can think of is there? He went there to see him and got slaughter for more than rm500 just for some in nose and ear diagnostic and medication. Told to return after a week then recommended him to Tung Shin for nose x-ray. This time recommended for a surgery due to his nose not symmetrical which causes this tinnitus. Of course he would go for 2nd or 3rd recommendation before any surgery. Again got slaughter just for some medication and consultation only. So he went to Pantai Cheras and HUKM none of the specialist recommended surgery all they can say is they couldn't pinpoint the cause it could be due to some nerve damaged. There's no such thing as 100% symmetrical for a nose, its normal. So he has miss out the golden period of getting his ear cure just because the 1st doctor only interested in surgery which he can charge higher and delayed his time. During the 1st 2 times visit the doctor only give him the impression of $$$ sign only. Now one of his ear are deaf with no apparent reason.
Anyone here had tinnitus and got it cure, please share the experience.

Hi guys,

Went to see DR Koay Eng Cheng yday at Sunway Med. Was told that i will need to go thru two procedures:

i)Septoplasty (to correct the deviated septum)
ii)Turbinectomy (remove some meat which is causing the swelling in one nostril)

Just want to hear from those who have gone thru these procedures? Is it necessary? Does it solve the problem and will the problem recur again in the near future? Also any complications that may arise from it and how long to fully recover after the operation?

This is my first time undergoing any sort of surgery/procedure therefore im quite nervous and do not know what to expect.

Also is Dr Koay Eng Cheng any good? Anyone experienced surgery under him before?

Pls share and thank u very much for the input.

Dear friends
My husband gets his sinusitis since August 2014. He took already some antibiotics but it has not helped till now. His sinusitis getting worst.
Almost all the time, he can not sleep since he can not breath, some backflow, mucus always coming down his throat and nose and very often headache. Nasal spray helps just a little.

This forum helps us a lot to understand more about sinusitis.
But we still need more help from you all…
It means a lot, if you could share your experiences to us.

We read here very often, that 1x FESS mostly will not help. Need to do the 2nd FESS which called revise surgery. Is it true? Does someone know, why FESS must be done 2x? is the 2nd surgery the same process like the 1st one?

What kind of surgery preparation normally must be done, before the doctor takes the decision for the next step? (only CT scan?....)

We heard the name ‘Dr. Megat @ Columbia Asia Puchung’ very often. Is she really good? It means a lot for us, if you would like to share your experiences with her.
Does someone know her contact number or email addresse?

As a 2nd opinion, which doctor would you more prefer? Please feedback.

Many many many thanks.

Hi all,
I also just bring my younger brother which having ulcer on throat to Dr. khor at jalan pudu after I read all the comment at here especially saw those comment which saying there is slightly cheaper than other hospital specialist. However, everything seems like not true, just about 10mins of consultation and packs of medicines, it cost me RM405, which shocked me terriblely...

Hi all,
I also just bring my younger brother which having ulcer on throat to Dr. khor at jalan pudu after I read all the comment at here especially saw those comment which saying there is slightly cheaper than other hospital specialist. However, everything seems like not true, just about 10mins of consultation and packs of medicines, it cost me RM405, which shocked me terriblely...

Hello guys, I just came to west msia to study recently and I wonder if there is any well-known ENT specialist near/closest to Putrajaya/Cyberjaya? I know there is an ENT clinic in Putrajaya hospital but I cant make it there as my parents are coming this weekend so I can only opt for private ones.  Thanks guys much appreciated.

My wife had a very bad experience with the unethical conduct of Dr John Tan Hong Guan (of SJMC) this morning.

Due to a recent intermittent loss of hearing since the beginning of her pregnancy my wife visited Dr. John Tan on the above mentioned date. The whole visit lasted approximately 5 minutes. She informed Dr. John Tan of her ear problem and was merely told that nothing was wrong as her ear drum was moving when she blows her ear.

Not satisfied with a mere ‘nothing is wrong’ and without any proper medical explanation/advice given, my wife further informed the Dr that she could not blow her ear as it hurts but rather what she has been doing to minimise the pain was by lying down on one side for some time. Dr John merely repeated what she informed and asked my wife to just lie down since she knows lying down helps. My wife told him it was not possible to be lying down all the time and he just smiled without providing further explanation. He then told my wife all the best to end the session. This whole event and conversation took less than 5 minutes.

When my wife was presented with the bill (as attached), she was shocked to see that she was being charged MYR570.32. As a foreigner, my wife was unsure if it was a mistake in the bill. She called me for help to speak to the Dr to find out the reason for the charges and to seek clarification on the procedure mentioned in the bill that justified such amount.

My wife managed to pass the phone to Dr John. Before I managed to finish my question to seek clarification on the exact procedure that was performed within the 3 minutes visit, he shut me off by telling me “I don’t know what you are asking. I don’t want to talk to you”. He walked off from the room leaving my wife alone in the room unattended.

My wife was stunned by such attitude of a medical practitioner. Such unethical conduct has completely tarnished the image of all the medical practitioners of Malaysia. Due to this experience, my wife has since refused to seek further medical advice from any Doctor in the country and opted to return to South Korea for treatment.

We had lodged a formal complaint to SJMC customer care.

Disclaimer: This is entirely our personal experience with this specific Dr and to share with members of this forum here. It is not meant to undermine anybody's experience (good or bad) with the same Dr.
We had lodged a formal complaint with SJMC and we are waiting for their investigation on this matter. Meanwhile, I am sure there are many other good and ethical doctors in Malaysia that treat patients with respect and care.