I'm in the 3rd trimester of my 1st pregnancy, and I have signed up the package at Dr Adrian's CCK clinic.
After visiting him for about 8 times now ever since my first checkup, i still have mixed feelings about him.
Until recently I came to know about this website, and found out that people are discussing about their gynaes and Dr Adrian was one of them.
Before i went on to read the articles, I thought that most of the articles would be negative comments about him, but after reading part of the articles, to my suprise 90% of them are positive feedbacks.
It is true that Dr Adrian's package is very reasonable, and he doesn't charge extra for the medicine & consultation, if we see him in between appointments when we fall sick or whatever. Most of the people are suprised when I told them how much i paid for the package. Ok, Thumbs up for this!
Another fact that he would always ask whether I need an MC for the day and give me a copy of the ultrascan sounds of my baby at the end of each consultation, without fail. Another thumps up!
Dr Adrian also doesn't encourage me to spent too much money, as when I told him I wanted to do the 3D scan, as it is not included in the package, he reprimaned me, as he said that what is the point of spending $200 over bucks just to see his face, when your baby is coming out in a few months time.
One of the things that really irritates me, is his sense of punctuality, in the sense that, if I am going for my checkup on weekdays, I will either apply for leave or 2 hours off, for the day, and make it a point to plan my checkup as the first trip of the day, before heading towards to work or another place.
On two occasions, I arrived at Dr Adrian's clinic ard 8+ close to 9pm. First time I waited for about 45 mins before he arrived at the clinic which was around 9.30am, second time I waited for almost an hour and he finally showed up at 9.40am. His patients, that reached before and after me, were taking turns to make trips to the counter to ask his staff what time he will arrive the clinic, most of the answers from her was "he is on the way"
What I'm trying to say is that, if he has something else going on in the morning to cause him to be late everyday, then he should change the consultation hours on his consultation cards to a later time, maybe say 9.30am or 10am, instead of 9am, so that his patients will not arrive that early in his clinic and made to wait like dummies.
Another incident before that was when I was around 4 months pregnant, my colleague asked me whether I have taken my blood test, I was totally clueless about it, as it was my first pregnancy afterall. So at my next appointment, I questioned Dr Adrian about it, and the reason he gave me for not taking my blood test yet was, that, I wouldn't feel good if he keeps on poking needles into me, to draw out my blood everytime, as it will be a one or two time thing throughout the whole pregnancy, I find certain truth in his statement, but I still felt that he should take the initiative to do my blood test, rather then wait for me to ask him. I am disappointed also by the fact that when the blood test results came back, his staff did not call me to inform me about it, and neither did he tell me anything when I went for my next checkup. Again, I was the one who asked him whether the results have came back, and he then told me that the results are normal.
Another thing that bothers me is that, whenever it is my turn for checkups, they usually doesn't last more than 10 mins, Dr Adrian gives me the kind of feeling that he can't wait to get rid of me. During the first few checkups, I still had to remind him to take my weight, as he still didn't do so after the blood pressure test and scanning, and when he started briefing me the same old details and about to ask me to leave. I could clearly remember that during the very last visit, as usual I had to remind him to take my weight. What pissed me more was, after I stepped on the weighing machine, he didn't even wait for the digital weighing scale to come to a stop, and he asked me to step down to do my scanning. WTF ? he gave me the feeling as if he was, doing checkup for some alien, and can't wait to get me out of his room. LOL.
And also, my ex-colleague also told me that her package included blood tests for the hubby, but not for me, so his staff's explanation was that if there is nothing wrong with your own blood test, why should we take your husband's blod test, unless you have a low blood count, then we have to do that. Ok, I gave her the benefit of doubt, cos i failed my Biology anyway and of course my ex-colleague's package was way more expensive than mine.
I'm not sure of Dr Adrian's advises also, as I have read in MotherHood Magazines before that it is not advisable to eat raw meat, during pregnancy, but when i ask Dr Adrian about it, his answer to me was as usual, "its ok, not to worry about it", and this was always his answer to me, whenever i told him my problems, big or small.
Last thing that is bothering me is that his patients only take their Urine Test, after each consultation, which I find rather ridiculous, as, what if the test shows something abnormal, does that mean we have to queue up again to see him to do the checkups again? Am I right to say that? Common sense tells me that it should me done before the consultation so that, if there are any problems, we or his staff can tell him when it is our turn for consultation.
Gals what I have mentioned above is from my own view, not to influence anyone, because maybe I belong to those "niao" type, but pls do not take it too personally, as i certainly do not want it to affect Dr Adrian in anyway.
