A VISIT TO A HOSPITAL

A VISIT TO A HOSPITAL

I have visited clinics and dispensaries but not a general hospital. The opportunity came when one day, my father took me to visit a friend of this who was seriously and was undergoing specialist treatment in the Singapore general hospital.

The hospital is housed in a spacious compound and my father was kind enough to show me around. There are at least two dozen blocks consisting of consultation rooms, first, second and third class wards. Most of the buildings have many stories. Since it was during the evening hours, hundreds of people were visiting the sick-people and there was a continuous stream of people visiting the various wards. Nurses and attendants were seen waking up and down. It was a busy scene.

My father then showed me the medical college and the mortuary. It was stinking terribly when I visited the mortuary. I saw a least half a dozen dead bodies there and it was indeed a frightening sight.