I did a heart stress echo test at the National Heart Center yesterday. This combines an echocardiogram and a treadmill test and it takes about 45 minutes to complete.
The bill for this test came up to $842.57 after gst.
I then compared this with the heart packages offered in Malaysia by their prestigious heart center, National Heart Institute or IJN.
One of their packages, which includes both these 2 tests and a full range of other things, including a chest X-ray, 2 d echocardiogram, complete blood test and a doctor’s consultation and review of the results is only RM 1388. They have several other packages, some with even more extensive testing, including the calcium screening test.
Gosh. I didn’t realize that we were that expensive. And this is at SGH. The price I paid for these limited tests in Singapore doesn’t even include my next visit to the doctor to review the test results. Perhaps I need to start looking at the issue of medical costs here seriously and start doing my medicals in KL.
daily musings 
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