dear parents,

We are outstation currently, but we will be travelling back to KL for delivery.
Which is a better hospital? Sunway medical or columbia asia PJ? I heard someone says sunway medical after office hours support is limited (hard to get doc...)...

Thanks all!

sunway

Sunway

Sunway is much much better

But the price will be much more expensive

Based on experience I would go with Sunway. Much better in all aspects from the doctor to the nurses to the nursery etc.

Price wise Columbia Asia isn't that cheap anymore. You may end up paying the same amount or slightly lower than Sunway.

had a nurse friend working there at Sunway.
she said Sunway there always push for caesarian delivery.
makes more money for them.
Of course doctor side said dont wanna take risks with normal delivery etc.

i only hear this from my friend.
anyone else care to shre their opinion on this?

I heard this before going there as well. Maybe it depends on the doctor as they have around 10 gynaes.

For our case it was a need to move to Csec and not by force. I have a few friends who plan ahead with Csec so they didn't get double charged & there are some who had natural birth with no push for Csec.

So it all depends on the doctor. Same case occurs in many other private hospitals as well.

wah like that kinda not good.

well of course if you need to c-sec, then you need to c-sec.
what im saying here is that my nurse friend that works there (and worked at other places too of course) told me that its more than normal.
there is always a "need" to do c-sec. they "scare" you with there might be complications, last minute c-sec expensive, better be prepared, normal delivery should be OK, but c-sec confirm delivery OK etc.
For mothers, the tiring and painful normal delivery compared to under anesthesia and c-sec, after doctors "suggesting" c-sec, then in the end c-sec was choosen.

its not blatantly saying "you have to c-sec" but more to suggesting and pushing you towards that direction.

at least thats what i hear, i cant confirm myself coz i dont work there. hence im asking others if they hear anything about this.

I'd pick Assunta Hospital over Columbia Asia anytime.
Their location is not that far away.

This post has been edited by ckseong80: Aug 21 2024, 08:36 AM

in the end also depends on the doctor.

what i did last time was i went to see a few.

which one my wife and the baby is comfortable with.

then we decided.
funny thing, when we went to KPJ Pahang (not KPJ Kuantan) during the scan, my baby made a thumb up sign. its a coincidence but we take it as a sign that even the "baby" chosen that doctor.

understand this practice, but assume you choose normal delivery already, do they actually during labour time "make higher chance" to go thru csec to get better profit?

i dont know. from what i hear, its planned. so not really last minute.

Supposedly this happens in private hospitals but I for one don't know anyone that went through such a situation.

So for me just hearsay as there are ppl (elders usually) against private hospital for delivery.

yeah i believe that they wont simply ask for c-sec last minute if no other way.