Private or public route
Hi mummies anyone has experience to share on whether it’s better to go private or public? I’m in a dilemma as private cost seems to be much much higher. But public seems like each time you go for appointment have to wait quite a long time…
Was with KKH subsidised route from beginning of pregnancy till week 35. Smooth and never have to wait for more than an hr (but please be on time or even earlier than the scheduled appt time, if your number is missed then will have to wait quite long). Changed to KKH private at week 36 onwards. very surprised the wait was more than an hour each time and sometimes even close to 2 hrs .. Highly recommended to go via sub route first - then change to private during Trimester 3. cost saving and value for money and to be honest, I find sub / private the only difference is sub are different gynae but they are all very nice and patient from my experience. private is fixed gynae and if the gynae is popular- the wait time very long
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