ACCORDING to newspaper reports, clinics that display "H1N1 ready" decals have been designated to treat those who are suspected of contracting the virus.
Last Friday, my office told me to get myself tested for H1N1 as one of my colleagues had become a confirmed case.
My husband and I went to a Raffles Medical clinic at the Tampines 1 shopping mall. It displayed an "H1N1 ready" decal.
I requested to see a doctor, but the nurse at the counter - who was wearing her mask under her nose - told me that the doctor could not see nor test me for H1N1.
Instead, I had to go to the nearest hospital on my own, or call 993 for an ambulance to pick me up from home.
I insisted on having my temperature taken before I left, after which she gave me a mask.
But my husband was not given a mask and neither did she take down our particulars.
Back home, the 993 service I contacted seemed unsure about my questions and told me to put myself on quarantine.
It was only after I insisted that it finally despatched an ambulance to take my husband and me to Changi Hospital for our H1N1 tests.
Luckily, the results proved negative, but we were still advised to stay home for seven days.
But think about it: Had our results been positive, the people we came in contact with on our way to and from the clinic might have also caught the H1N1 flu. - Ms Nancy Chew
