Consultation are controlled price by KKM iinm.
They earn more on charging super high on the medicine.

For eg Paracetemol RM7 at pharmacy but at clinic probably RM15-RM20

My placed used to have a clinic that charges very very very cheap. 10 years ago costs RM30 inclusive medicine for common cold treatment, whilst other clinics charges nothing less than RM60.
Sadly the Dr retired already, but not really problem since i can claim company insurance.

Sosmed, charity, free talks . Popularity means buisness lol

too many fake/paid reviews out there.

Yea that's why, find those with like 100 reviews or more

If just 10-20 reviews, then really have to think it through

Or if you have close friends in pharma line. Can ask them which dr is good.

This post has been edited by lopo90: May 21 2024, 05:03 PM

Those old school clinics earned tonnes of money back then.

Every patient notes are hand written, only accept cash then receipt also hand written.

Heard that many also run tax one

i think those that >100 reviews confirm paid for the reviews 😅 what i notice is that, real people rarely give good reviews. most of the time when they write review is because they have bad experience.

So called "good doctors" usually give the strongest meds for everything. Eg if got cough, will give strong antibiotik and steroid with the strongest cough meds. Then patient will get relief the fastest, hence thinking that this doctor got good diagnostic skill, very clever...

Easiest is ask doctor which doctor they go to when sick. lol

My advice is choose the doctor that u are most comfortable talking to. THen u keep track whether the doctor solve your problem or not.

Patient and doctor also got a lot of type.
- Some like to give/take medications
- some prefer to avoid medications if possible.
- Some just want to get assurance so they can sleep better.
- Some just want to get injection or whatever so they can continue to work the rest of the day/week
- some don't even know what is wrong just want to find out they are okay. '

Which type are u?

There are also genuine ones. Just got to know how to differentiate. Otherwise ask friends or family, word of mouth.

Spot on.

Malaysian is like that one.

Oh plenty! 😅😅 A know of a doctor who has cash counted everyday by his head nurse in a room with cctv.

20k per day earnings.

gp?

Wasn't there a claim you were doxxed here before and MIA for a bit? I noticed your absence during Covid period, maybe you MIA even before that.

Yes a fucking GP!

Agreed.

I know a Dr that dont even dare to check for sorethroat and just hantam with antibiotik hoping can fix u.
Some will give plenty of advises what to do and what not to do.
And some will ignore or brush off ur question lazy layan u.

My choice varies depend what i need whether just MC for rest and discard all medicines, or i wanted to eat medicine.

Here is a story for dentist:

Toothache of molar:

Dentist 1(young, new fancy cafe theme clinic): your tooth is beyond saving, need root canal+ceramic crowning total RM4k

Dentist 2(old guy, works part time as lecturer in uni, clinic interior design old school): let's do some tooth filling.

went with 2nd option and tooth is still good till now. costed rm150.

not saying the first dentist was wrong, but shouldn't the protocol be to try the simple solution first?

find clinic with cun amoi dr.

he told me he applied for all already but difficult to get.
fomema, aia, red alert. i think now he got a few but not the big ones.

I choose based on Doctor.

Choose Doctor that really paying attention to your symptoms and properly check you. Always ask for explanations, have a chat to understand what you're having. The more they can explain in a way that is personlized to you, generally the better that Doctor is.

Many doctors will give you generic textbook answers, and my advice is to avoid those kind of Doctors.


How packed is this GP? Even if you say on average is RM200/patient and operate for 12 hours, you'll need to see about 83 patients a day. Roughly 7 people an hour. Means 8-9 minutes per person non-stop without breaks.

and I think most GP visits are in the RM80-120 range.

or dentist 3. Explain to u what is happening to your tooth. To try filling first if pain increase then confirm need to do root canal and crown. Pros and cons will be discussed. you make the decision.

Actually dentist 2 taking a lot of risk, if u didnt consult dentist 1. and u ended up with insane pain (toothache is the second most painful for human, first is childbirth). You going to tell 100 other ppl to avoid dentist 2. That dentist 2 is very lucky in your case.