Ophthalmology...

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    Ophthalmology...

    Any one can recommend any ophthalmologist. i checked with sanatourim hospitial 650-1000 consulte fee, canossa hospitial 750 consulte fee and st.paul hospitial 450 consulte fee (not sure if st.paul is that good) I need good doctors as they are dealing with my eyes, if it was just common cold's i would not mind any doctors. Any good recommendation?

    Thank You

    Last edited by Statuecollector; 05-03-2009 at 05:02 AM.

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    Dr. Hayden Jon (Specialist in Ophthalmology)

    1032-35,10/F,One Grand Tower,639 Nathan Rd,Mongkok,Kln
    Tel: 23983225


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    I highly recommend this Specialist in Opthamology:

    Dr. Kam Ting Kwong, Joseph
    MB BS (HK) DO (Ireland) FRCS (ED)
    FC Ophth. (UK) FC Ophth (HK) FHKAM (Ophth)

    Room 1209-1211, Phase 1
    Argyle Centre, 688 Nathan Road,
    Tel 2368 5500 2721 2255


    I had an eyelash that had grown into my eye. Thinking it was just something in it, I first went to an English speaking doctor in Tokwawan who called the above guy on Saturday about noon to ensure he'd take me that day and I was off to Mong Kok with my medical note where I got first class diagnosis and treatment of my problem.

    As the eyelash was actually in the eye, I was given some drops for treatment and a phone number of a private hospital that would contact him if a problem arose over the weekend. What I liked about him was how much he stressed that I must call that number at any time if there was a problem as my eye was open.

    While the BC medical system is great, I'd not be getting to a specialist of his calibre on Saturday. Come to think of it, my family doctor doesnt work Saturdays either.

    I returned Monday at 5 pm for a further check up including removal of all other eyelashes that could have posed a problem.

    Dr. Kam was also an excellent English speaker and was the first to tell me why I was having this chronic life long eyelash problem and what to do to get it fixed. I was pissed at all the other doctors who I like at home who not once said anything to me about this. Dr. Kam said to go home and get it fixed in BC as it'd not cost me there. He also offered to write any further reports for me to get my money back but his receipt turned out to be fine.

    Prices for both were reasonable and I was fully reimbursed for the services of both by the British Columbia Medical Plan. I was on a tourist visa when this happened.

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    The General/family medicine Practitioner in Tokwawan is Dr. Frederick Y L Choy, 2712 8805 at 27A Pak Tai St G/F. I'd also return to him in a flash if/when I need a doctor.

    He is very good and like the specialist said, he was right to refuse to remove the object in my eye. He also speaks English like a native.

    Not sure where he has his training but he is a FHKAM (Family Medicine). His line up was very short on that Saturday but his service was cheap and great.

    Coming from Canada I was shocked that I went in, saw him, told to wait outside in the waiting area and brought back in with the note written up and the address for the Ophthamologist with a guarantee that I'd get in. I say that as his waiting area was pretty full.

    Last edited by Football16; 05-03-2009 at 11:00 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Football16:
    I highly recommend this Specialist in Opthamology:

    Dr. Kam Ting Kwong, Joseph
    MB BS (HK) DO (Ireland) FRCS (ED)
    FC Ophth. (UK) FC Ophth (HK) FHKAM (Ophth)

    Room 1209-1211, Phase 1
    Argyle Centre, 688 Nathan Road,
    Tel 2368 5500 2721 2255


    I had an eyelash that had grown into my eye. Thinking it was just something in it, I first went to an English speaking doctor in Tokwawan who called the above guy on Saturday about noon to ensure he'd take me that day and I was off to Mong Kok with my medical note where I got first class diagnosis and treatment of my problem.

    As the eyelash was actually in the eye, I was given some drops for treatment and a phone number of a private hospital that would contact him if a problem arose over the weekend. What I liked about him was how much he stressed that I must call that number at any time if there was a problem as my eye was open.

    While the BC medical system is great, I'd not be getting to a specialist of his calibre on Saturday. Come to think of it, my family doctor doesnt work Saturdays either.

    I returned Monday at 5 pm for a further check up including removal of all other eyelashes that could have posed a problem.

    Dr. Kam was also an excellent English speaker and was the first to tell me why I was having this chronic life long eyelash problem and what to do to get it fixed. I was pissed at all the other doctors who I like at home who not once said anything to me about this. Dr. Kam said to go home and get it fixed in BC as it'd not cost me there. He also offered to write any further reports for me to get my money back but his receipt turned out to be fine.

    Prices for both were reasonable and I was fully reimbursed for the services of both by the British Columbia Medical Plan. I was on a tourist visa when this happened.

    ---

    The General/family medicine Practitioner in Tokwawan is Dr. Frederick Y L Choy, 2712 8805 at 27A Pak Tai St G/F. I'd also return to him in a flash if/when I need a doctor.

    He is very good and like the specialist said, he was right to refuse to remove the object in my eye. He also speaks English like a native.

    Not sure where he has his training but he is a FHKAM (Family Medicine). His line up was very short on that Saturday but his service was cheap and great.

    Coming from Canada I was shocked that I went in, saw him, told to wait outside in the waiting area and brought back in with the note written up and the address for the Ophthamologist with a guarantee that I'd get in. I say that as his waiting area was pretty full.
    Thank You. How much does Dr.Jospeh cost? Does he accept credit card or chash only?

    Thank You

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    Thank you so much.. I was listing the price becuase it is not too high i was just lisiting so people would tell me what they thought like wow it is too expensive or wow it is worth the price.. thank you for your recommendation..

    Also how much did Dr.Joan Wu cost just for consulte?
    Last edited by Statuecollector; 05-03-2009 at 10:16 PM. Reason: Extra...

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    Thank You very much... i will be going to sanitourim hospitial and i will be checking your doctor but most likely i will be seeing a recommendation doctor from a frined from sanitourin hospitial which recently did a major operation on her eye. Thank You for so much....


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    And I might have in the opposite situation from TigerSun where the doctor was fully familiar with what I could recoup from the BC Medical Plan and Manulife, my extended health coverage plan as I needed to confirm what he'd do if I needed further medical reports to justify his prices.

    Tigersun is right here not to quote charges (and I don't have the receipts as I sent them home for reimbursement).

    I was on a tourist visa then but have this coverage as a retiree benefit (quit old corporate job at 55). As it turned out, the prices were just fine for the BC Medical Plan and my extended health insurance was not involved. This doctor seemed to be pretty familiar with my medical plan and he told me that he didn't think I'd need to use my extended health.

    My local friend who was with me thought the price a bit high based on his perception that he is running more of a local practice in Mong Kok and that most of his patients would be local and charged less.

    I was impressed by his knowledge, skill and equipment which when it comes to eyes has to be good. Mind you this was hardly surgery and the only risk was infection in the eye.

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    dr kam ting kwong clinic in mongkok

    whatever you do do not go to Dr. Kam Ting Kwong, Joseph 甘定洸 in Mongkok, Argyle centre. i went there today as a new patient with an appointment and the nurses there were extremely rude and unprofessional. i ended up waiting 2 hours. all the patients that had arrived there before and AFTER me were seen by the doctor. i then asked at about 5pm when i would be seen, and the nurses replied: "everyone waits a long time you know..some even wait up to 3 hours ...so u got to wait". nobody had informed me that i had to wait this long and it was obvious that those without appointments were already seen by the doctor before me.


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    Do NOT go to see Joseph K...

    I know this is an old thread but...

    whatever you do, do NOT go to Dr. Joseph in Mongkok.

    I went there twice (I thought the follow up would be at a reduced charge and he would admit he was wrong but NO, I got charged 900 dollar for a 5 minute follow up which was inconclusive and is leading me to get a second opinion) and was appalled by the doctor and his manner.

    I have in the past had viral eye infections; I've not had one for 6 years and when I arrived the nurse was like, 'you wear contact lenses and you've had THAT infection?' I was appalled by her manner. I actually was advised that it was OK to wear contact lenses by numerous opthamologists in the UK and in HK as it's very obvious when you do have this infection. I wore dailies to cut down on possible infection/protein build up issues on the advice of numerous opthamologists.

    The doctor then examined my eye and jumped to a conclusion that, afer 6 years of not having this virus (which has very clear symptoms), I must have this virus again. There is only ONE test to test for this virus; any good eye doctor would have stained my eye the correct and drawn out the virus. Alas, Dr. Joseph K did not.

    He then proceeded to ignore the fact that I was telling him I did not have any of the symptoms or that I had asked for the dye test. He then said that I must 'dettol my bedsheets, towels, not share cutlery' etc as I would spread the virus. I was shocked as this was never mentioned to me before and I was 100% certain this was not the case.

    I returned home and looked the virus up again and it is so fragile it dies on inanimate objects and also is killed with normal soap/detergent etc if you touch it directly.

    So, I thought I would return for the follow up on the basis he got the first consultation so wrong and I still had the same problems with my eye (and I thought the fee would be lower/the fact he clearly misdiagnosed etc you would have thought he would not have charged). He insisted he was correct (despite no tests taken to confirm it was this virus) then proceeded to ignore me and blame everything remaining (the original condition I had seen him about) on my contact lens wear and said my eye had (suddenly- note dry eye is a progressive thing if caused by contacts) gotten dry and my eye was sick because of it. And it was a long-term thing because of my contacts.

    I have had zero symptoms of dry eye. Nada. No issues with contacts, no dryness whatsoever.

    I left no happier than before. I have pain in my eye, around my eye, etc (I think it could be linked to being ill with a virus for one month leading to possible sinus infection affecting my eye).

    Mr. Joseph K was terrible and his manner was brusque and he did not explain anything to me thinking I must be stupid or incapible of understanding things (I may look 10-15 years younger than I am, as the nurses so kindly told me, but I'm definitely not stupid, and I wouldn't have been incapable of understanding even if I was that young). He just seemed to want to get me out of his office as fast as possible and jump to conclusions without offering solutions/reasons etc and told me contact lenses are a huge problem for everyone blah blah blah and pretty shouted at me for ever wearing them (I was actually told to wear them by my original opthamologist, who said it would help slow down the rate at which my myopia was progressing).

    Even if my contact lenses are the bain of my issues, he could have asked me 1.what contact lenses I wear (he did not) 2. how long I had worn them for (he did not) 3. if I had any other symptoms (he did not- viral infections often have other non-ocular symptoms e.g. general malaise, raised lymph nodes etc) and finally 4. if dry eye is an issue, prescribe drops etc to help lubricate my eye.

    He did not. He told me it would be like this for 1-2 years and it's all my fault etc.

    Do NOT whatever you do go to this man. I was apalled. He also seemed to want to 'save face' no matter what.

    I'm now left having to go and 1. try to claim back the charges on my insurance (and possibly query the second charge, I was in a rush to leave so I did not have the time to then) and 2. go see another doctor.

    I wish I could write a positive recommendation, but I'm afraid I can't. I've had better treatment on the NHS, which was free. I hate writing bad things about people and services etc but...this guy really left me unhappy. I gave him 2 chances as well, so it's not even just a case of one bad experience (which being a specialist in my own field, I might let slip as it does happen).

    Perhaps I should have shown up and not told him about any of my previous history and seen what he had come up with.