Heartfelt issues

As I type this, my dad should be halfway through his trans-echocardiography. From what he told me last night, they're gonna insert a tube from his thigh and scope his arteries and heart.

I checked NUH's website. Typically takes 1 hour the examination. His appointment's at 730.

Only got to know about the severity of the situation last night when I got home. He failed his Stress ECG test on Monday, and I saw the report. Resting heartrate's 54, barely 6 minutes on the treadmill it had gone up to 148. Doc sent him immediately to NUH for further tests.

Luckily all doctors involved are our friends. Else the bill would have easily came up to 1k just for simple consultation and 1 test.

If the scope goes well, we'll need to pay only 200. Else he'll need to go for ops that cost 9000SGD excluding follow-ups and medicine. Dr. Yeo suggested dad to stay in hospital tonight so he can downgrade our patient class to that of government-subsidised rate. Otherwise we'll be considered as referral from a private clinic and have to pay many times more. The revised rate for the ops is 1100. But still.... no small amount.

I've always heard about rocket-high medical bills. But never expect it to be so cut-throat. And with reality hitting one of my most loved ones, I cannot help but feel slapped across the face.

I'm praying..... Pray for my dad too.