Reading this report in The Star Hearing impaired girl's call for help heard loud and clear! surely warms the heart strings, makes you feel that all is right with the world, and in spite of being the world's worse litterers, Malaysians have hearts of Gold! However, even in good news such as this, there is something amiss, something that also shows up the heartlessness of some Malaysians, who, though they appear in the best position to help the poor little girl hear again, chose to be deaf to the heart rending appeals. If the public could so spontaneously respond to offer what assistance that they could afford, why has there no similar gesture from the doctors or the hospital involved in the imminent operations? Would it hurt a specialist's finances, or the hospital's eventual profitability, if they magnanimously offer some discount? Or have they steadfastly held on to that cost of RM110,000 knowing full well they can always milk the kindness of Malaysians to the hilt.
This episode has also reminded me of a recent letter by a Star reader who claimed that a certain hospital hugely overcharges a patient, once it knows that the hospitalization costs are to be covered by Medical Insurance.
Surely we expect our doctors to have hearts too? Are we expecting cows to jump over the moon?
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