HOSPITAL REVIEW: KPJ BANDAR DATO' ONN

All this while, I had been visiting friends when they were warded in private hospitals. For the first time. I was a regular daily visitors at KPJ Bandar Dato' Onn Hospital in Johor Bahru when my sister was hospitalized for three nights [READ HERE].

This place sure had positive vibes but that cost a lot of money.

KPJ Bandar Dato' Onn is one of the newest private hospitals in town. I found it less busy if compared to other places I had been to.

For one thing, there were not many shops or eating places in the building. Unfortunately I found the common cafeteria not that interesting, as there were not many choices of food available.

On the last day, my niece and I went to get breakfast in the other cafeteria which was more hipster and modern, and the food prices were slightly expensive.

All in all, I would treasure the experience. I was glad that I made the decision to send my sister here and was happy with the service provided. Even though the experience was a pleasant one, I hope I don't have to check in [or for someone else's behalf] at the hospital again.

CHECKING IN AT KPJ BANDAR DATO ONN

I was here in KPJ Bandar Dato Onn Hopsital - checking in for my sister who had a fall at home and got some bones fractured near the hip area.

Earlier, I had already reached the Emergency Unit at Hospital Sultanah Aminah but as I went out of the car to ask for a wheelchair and some help for my sister, I was told by the staff that there were no beds available. Without hesitation, I made up my mind to drive to KPJ Bandar Dato Onn and that I was glad I did that.

I will be here at the hospital for a few days and hopefully it will not be too long. My daily routine is going to change in a lot of ways after this. Pray to God I have the strength.

VISITING AN EX-STUDENT IN KPJ HOSPITAL IN DAMANSARA

After attending a wedding reception in Klang, I quickly drove to KPJ Specialist Hospital 2 in Damansara. The mission was to visit Mr. Ahmad Firdaus Shahlan, an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti who had just undergone a bypass heart surgery there.

I also got to meet the wife of Mr. Ahmad, Puan Noor Al Iman Mazlan, and his younger sister, Puan Shazwani Shahlan, who were both my ex-students of the same school.

There were many other visitors when I was there. It seemed he was one popular patient in the ward. Unfortunately, I could stay that long as I had to drive back to Johor Bahru right after.

Wishing Mr. Ahmad a speedy recovery and looking forward to other coffee sessions with him and his friends soon.

VISITING AN EX-STUDENT IN GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL, MEDINI

when the patient's wife
is also my ex-student

I got to know an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti, Mr. Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad Shahlan, was warded in Gleneagles Hospital in Medini. Since I had some free time today, I decided to pay him a visit. At the same time, I would have the chance to chat with his wife, Puan Nor Al-Iman Madzlan, who happens to be from the same alma mater.

It was good to do some catching up with the patient's wife as I used to see the patient more when we went for coffee once in a while.

Too bad I had another date waiting somewhere nearby so I had to bid them "goodbye". Wishing Mr. Ahmad Firdaus a speedy recovery so that he could get back on his feet again, literally speaking.

COFFEE SESSION HAPPENED EVERYWHERE

Finally I managed to get my coffee from Marrybrown Cafe and the only outlet I found so far was at KPJ Abdul Samad. Marrybrown is known to serve fast food rather but this cafe served more healthy and nutritious food as it was located in a private hospital building.

The coffee session was not our primary reason to be there. We went to visit the son of an ex-colleague of SMK Dato' Jaafar who had undergone an operation and had been warded for a few days.

The boy looked he was recuperating and we pray that he would get well soon.

VISITING A FRIEND AT KPJ ABDUL SAMAD

I took my time off today to visit a friend who was warded at KPJ Abdul Samad. Glad I could make it on time before he was discharged after that.

from the four of us

As I was about to leave, I saw a familiar face which I only saw on Facebook all the while. Thanks to Miss Lim Hui Ting, an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti, who is attached as a nurse to the hospital, for saying "hi".

Wishing Mr. Mohd, Khir Masbol a speedy recovery so we could go out, gossip and eat delicious food like we used to do.

A MINI REUNION AT KPJ KAJANG SPECIALIST HOSPITAL

9th NOVEMBER 2018 ~ I decided to pay Ms. Jashireen Mohd. Bashir, an old friend from UPM TESL class of 1993 group, a visit at KPJ Kajang Hospital. She had just undergone a surgery and I made myself free and day-traveled to Kuala Lumpur. 

At the same time, a few other friends whom I seldom meet in real life, had also come to meet the patient at the ward. (I had initially announced of my arrival in our Whatsapp group). The greatest relief when we found out that the other patient sharing the room with our friend had been discharged. It was important as we had the room all to ourselves and there was no need to control the volume of the noises produced.

BEFORE WE ENTERED THE WARD, a mini reunion had already taken place at the hospital lobby. There were actually ten of us there, and three ladies had already gone visiting like half an hour earlier. We still stayed there for a short while but the hospital ambience suddenly changed. When I first arrived, the place used to be quiet and peaceful.

We had to bid farewell to our friend, Miss Jashireen, and pray that she will recover real soon so that we could see her for our upcoming grand reunion hi-tea which will be held in December. She was so eager to attend the gathering and I do hope more people from the group will also be there.