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    24/7 GP / Out Patient Clinics

    Quote Originally Posted by hksomewhere:
    Unfortunately, I usually don't have the luxury of time to head to the private hospitals
    Canossa, Adventist, Sanatorium have 24/7 out-patient departments. Also, Santorium and Raffles (Singapore Chain) run family clinics in Central. I've been in and out at Canossa in 30 mins on a Sat morning. A little bit more planning may be required if you want to see a specific doc, but you can call ahead to check the roster and wait time. Sanitorium is a bit crowded.

    Unless it is a very specific medication which needs monitoring by a GP it is common to get the prescription and then buy from the local pharmacies - their meds are often far cheaper than what you get from the Dr.

    By the way, you got lucky. A relative was recently given a year's supply of expensive psych meds (including sleeping pills) and charged 5 figures - the poor guy was just not in a state of mind to check and figure out the discrepancy.

    I made them return the meds to the doc who was hesitant to admit that they dispensed the wrong amount. After a few emails / back and forth they accepted a return and refunded for 11 months supply.

    Unfortunately our go-to GP on Caine Road (Dr Chan), who I would ordinarily recommend has a wait of 1-2 hour - no appointments. Super nice old guy who has even told me "nothing wrong with you" and not charged me when I've gone in to show him my blood reports. Usually dispenses generics and charges 100-150 a visit, often including meds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    Canossa, Adventist, Sanatorium have 24/7 out-patient departments.
    Stupid question but how does this work? No appointment, just show up? Like a walk-in clinic in the US (also called "urgent care" where you can show up for urgent treatment like an emergency room but without the crazy ER prices in the US). Seems too good to be true- also what are the costs? Have been lucky so far not to need a doctor but can't rely on luck forever...Thanks!

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    They are essentially GP clinics. If you need ER they will transfer you to the govt system.

    Fees etc..

    https://www.canossahospital.org.hk/services/opd_e.htm


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    Copied this out to a separate topic for a little bit more relevance.

    Some more info, now that I'm on a desktop.

    - You walk in. No appointment needed. You'll be put in a queue and the wait times will depend on the day / time of day / seasonal issues. We used to like a doctor and would call ahead to find out if he was on duty and ask for him. The wait time would be a bit longer as you're waiting for a specific doc. Again, not that long .. 30-45 mins.

    - Not exactly urgent care, but yes outside of office hours, they're a good venue for getting treatment for an urgent issue. We'd taken our kid there when he was very very young, well past midnight if I recall correctly and he was treated and admitted. His pediatrician was called and she visited the next morning, prescribed a course of treatment and released him. Don't remember the cost - not abnormally high.

    - A relative who had fallen down was admitted and had to be stitched up. If I recall that was an expensive procedure costing $10-15K for x-rays and the stitching up. If you can afford it, they're a good alternative to waiting for hours at a govt ER where such a problem would have been triaged to a non-critical level.

    - Costs are not abnormally high. $300-800 for the GP charges, depending on the time day / day of week + meds and any other procedures like x-rays etc.

    Last edited by shri; 07-11-2018 at 08:19 AM.
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    The walk-in clinics at Canossa and Sanatorium are very good. The only thing is that they do have a bit of a tendency to want to admit you as an inpatient 'for observation' for a temperature, vomiting etc. when you might actually be fine at home, as they make good returns on overnight stays. However, if you aren't all that ill, they don't usually make much of a fuss if you push back.

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    Gleneagles Hospital in Wong Chuk Hang also has 24/7 urgent care/GP. Used it and satisfied with the service. 7/11, Pacific Coffee, a couple other food shops and a few ATMs inside as well for convenience purposes.


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    Definitely right on the seasonal issues @shri. I had a major burn on my foot some months back, right in the middle of a flu outbreak. Got myself over to Canossa, my go-to after hours care facility. Arrived to see a sign showing a 16-hour wait. That wasn't going to work for a diabetic with an open sore on her foot. I advised them of the urgency but they wouldn't do anything, I even offered to buy some antibiotic cream and bandaging to do it myself, to at least cover the wound. They wouldn't do that either but were very kind and called Adventist to check their waiting time and told me to go straight there. Arrived with about 8 patients ahead of me, told them about the issue and was immediately pushed to the front of the line and given faultless treatment.

    Can't say the same for the care I was given the following day at a clinic in Central, where I went for a bandage change.....

    So if Canossa is busy, go straight to the Adventist. Charges are similar.


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    Forgot about them. Worth noting that it appears that Queen Mary is sending their overflow of non-critical patients to Gleneagles. Have not figured out how and when this is done, but had a friend who was transported to Gleneagles a few weeks ago.

    Their early reviews were a bit mixed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by merchantms:
    Gleneagles Hospital in Wong Chuk Hang also has 24/7 urgent care/GP. Used it and satisfied with the service. 7/11, Pacific Coffee, a couple other food shops and a few ATMs inside as well for convenience purposes.
    Oh for a 7-11 or coffee shop at the Adventist, alas with their Mormon routes it will never happen! As an in-patient that's the downside, the food. Canossa food is awesome if you stick with the Chinese menu.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fiona in HKG:
    Oh for a 7-11 or coffee shop at the Adventist, alas with their Mormon routes it will never happen! As an in-patient that's the downside, the food. Canossa food is awesome if you stick with the Chinese menu.
    They're not Mormon, they're Seventh Day Adventists Vegetarianism is part of their religion. Mormons are OK with meat but not with caffeine so there'd definitely be no Pacific Coffee in a Mormon hospital!
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