I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly a “mountain turtle” when it comes to polyclinics. My last memory of a polyclinic visit was to the one at Bukit Merah when I was a kid. Somehow, I remembered it being a dingy and uncomfortable place. *shrug* Last Saturday, I dropped by Sengkang Polyclinic that is run by SingHealth as a walk-in patient. Wanted to go early but my handphone alarm didn’t go off. Tsk. Ended up reaching there around 10:30am. Took a queue number, and was told to head to level two to register.

Registration

Reached the registration area, took a double look at the current queue number. Huh? A whooping 130 patients in front of me. LOL. Cham liao – I’m in for a long wait – and, to clarify, I was expecting it because of the stories I’ve heard for the past 20 years. 6 registration counters were ......