Application to NKF

30 May 2008

Today i went with mum to NKF for application. This is my 2nd attempt to apply for doing my dialysis at NKF.

The appointment was fixed at 3pm but we reach at 3.30pm. It was raining heavily when we went there. Luckily i brought mum along with me, she is good at telling them how i need the subsidy like bargaining in the market. Have to applaud her for that. Our means test interview was conducted by Ms Charlene Chua. She is a very nice lady and was very helpful. Unlike the last time when i was there, i got rejected immediately. It has been a year since the last time. A lot of things has changed... Charlene approved my NKF application and offered to apply for subsidy for me. Yippy, i passed the first step of the application. Tomorrow i will go to SGH Medical Record Office and apply for the medical report by the doctor to submit to NKF. This is the 2nd step and will take abt 3 weeks to 1 month depending on the speed of the doctor. The medical record will cost anoth $85.27. Finally i need to be assesed by the NKF doctor fo suitability. What a long process, think will take abt 2 months for the entire process.

In future i have to adapt to having dialysis 3x per week as NKF does not allow compromise unlike privae dialysis centre. Tomorrow have to break the news to Staff nurse Fuzar (RTC-Hougang) my intention to transfer to NKF. The nurses at RTC were very good to me, i appreciate and will miss them.