So the question would be, if you are rich / have insurance , how you decide either to go private OR gov for cancer treatment?
if no insurance and no money, don't talk about private, you don't even able to pay deposit.

Why private?
1) no need to wait
2) specialist treatment
3) greater consultation, more option
4) lower risk of failure

the only disadvantage that private might have is their equipment

why government?
1) better equipment

Disadvantage?
1) you need to queue and wait everytime you walk in
2) you need to make appointment (in and out) very frequently
3) those doctors treat you like white mouse
4) lousy consultation, less option
5) high risk of failure

title is : CANCER TREATMENT

Do you sure you wait there? Seriously?

Imagine you have cancer, you walk in there and wait the hospital to assign doctor for you?

Usually cancer cases, doctor consultation assign by appointment , they give you DATE and TIME. You don't just go in there and wait.

If it is your first time, then you will call up and make appointment with the particular doctor that you prefer, you can search and browse their expertise before you select them.

if you are only sick (fever), of course go where also need to wait lar...aiyo

I feel sorry for your bad experience in private and i am glad you had found your treatment solution at last. At some point, every sickness have to come along with a little bit of luck but we cannot control how much luck do we have. What we can control is how to minimise the risk of failure and maximise the chances and option that we have.

Talk about specialist, i ain't talk about the environment,hospitality of the private hospital, i am talking about the skill that the doctor had. How many great doctors (specialist) in whatever area willing to stay in GH nowadays? There are still good doctors in there but the statistic is very minimal. So if comes to this day that we had no choice but to search for treatment solution in GH, we have to pray for better luck to meet great doctors that can really hit the dart of our health issue.

I can't conclude that going private will be a guarantee but at least i know the chances is greater. You are lucky enough to have a good follow up where the private are willing to recommend to GH,
I am not sure what type of sickness do you have but we are discussing about cancer treatment here

My cousin passed away last year due to nose cancer. He had been fighting this for 4 years and what i can say about his journey is pity and very bad luck. His journey roughly can be summarise as below :
1) He go to private , perform surgery and chemo (spend about 200k)
2) After that, he thought he is recover and its come back and attack him
3) He went back to the private and he realised that he have no more insurance quota, so he have to switch to GH
4) He went to IPOH GH, they did a scan, saying that he need another surgery
5) He perform 2nd surgery and this time no chemo needed
6) After 1 months of the surgery, his condition seems remain and no signs of recover, when the GH did another scan, only they found out that the previous surgery wasn't necessary at all
7) He have been refer to another GH in penang, this time the doc said his body no longer able to sustain another chemo , what they can do is to help to regain his immune system by pumping in steroid
8) The environment and the atmosphere over there really makes me sick, everyday you can hear people crying, you can see people screaming for pain, you can see your neighbour always change.
9) I am still remember, the last 3 months that i saw him in GH Penang, he told me that "I am tired of everything"

So think again, if you have a choice, where do you prefer?

That's why i am saying, every sicknesses comes along with a little bit of luck, either good or bad you cannot control but what you can is choosing the path that is the best.
This is provided that you have a choice either sufficient quota of insurance to roll OR you don't have financial issue where we use to call "rich"
If you are rich OR your insurance is fully covered, what will be your option? If you still insist to go GH then i am kind of salute you

Your either your mother experiences concluded that you both are having some issue with the doc and their unusual charges but eventually you initiated your treatment start with private first right? I don't think your case and your mum case are concurrently occurr, if you mind to tell, why still choose to go private since you already have a bad one in private?

My concern over here isn't who is the best and what should be done but the option that we have. Seriously, if i imagine myself on my cousin's position, everyday sleeping in a room with 8 people, seeing them screaming, suffering and sometimes those nurses treated them badly, i will be very tired and mentally suffer.
When you diagnosed with cancer, you must be mentally strong especially when your immune system already went down due to chemo , you really need a good environment and people around to be supportive. Those environment is what GH couldn't provide.

Only if you have the choice, you pick whatever you think is needed and necessary.