5 vs 53
What do I mean???
Though I'd been ranting about the high cost of health care in the States, this is one case whereby I regretted not bringing En for it earlier.....
Sometime in June, I decided to let En have her Pneumococcal n Hep-A vaccination at Parkway Pediatrics as I had heard from other mummies that the vaccination is very, very cheap (Hep-A is mandatory for admission into certain kindergartens in US). Yes! I paid US$5/ea for the injections. Everyone knows how ex it is to have Pneumococcal jab here in Singapore.
Today, I decided to bring En to CCK Polyclinic for her 2nd Hep-A jab. Apparently not many GPs offer Hep-A for toddlers. The wait was long as we didn't make an appointment. To make matters worse, this was by far the most traumatic vaccination experience for her over the past year. She struggled while the nurse was injecting the needle and had a needle scratch of 1.5cm on her left arm, besides being injected twice. She cried for the next 20+ mins or so and voiced her fear of future injections. The bill - S$53!
It was only with a Dark Choc Gelato that she finally calmed down....
2 comments:
The cost of medical here is pretty high. I have spent more than 2 thousand so far on this baby. I wonder how much more to go. Really scared to have a second one after this.
u would have spent much more in the states... my first gynae visit cost >US$300... ultrasound cost US$190. Just make sure u take care of urself before ur next conception. Then u'll have a smooth pregnancy :)
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