I got woken up way too early today because my grandma wanted to go get her eyes checked and since people don't really do appointments here you have to get up as early as possible and get to the hospital before everyone else so you can be seen in a reasonable time. Reasonable meaning two-three hours. The hospital opens at 7am and we were there at 7am. When we got to the check-in area there wasn't a single person in line so I thought that we would get seen soon. Yeah right. We checked in and waited and waited and waited and all these people that got called after us were being called in but not us. Finally my grandma got frustrated and went and asked the check in ladies why her name wasn't being called and they told her that since she had been a patient for the past 15 years her file was old and being kept downstairs in the basement and they hadn't gone to get it yet. Really? She had just been to see the doctor a week before and there was no one in line behind us when we checked in so they should have gotten the file immediately but nope. We waited for a half hour and then another half hour after my grandma went and talked (maybe argued a little) to the ladies.
Tally: 1/2 hour wasted
Finally, her name gets called and we get taken to do an initial check up by one of the nurses. Then the nurse takes us to see the retina specialist. We sit there for another half hour and another nurse comes in and takes us to another room because they had put us there by mistake. My grandma had to see the glaucoma doctor first.
Tally: 1 hour wasted total
Ok so we go see the glaucoma doctor after waiting for another 15 minutes and he does his thing which doesn't take too long. Put drops in your eyes blah blah blah. And finally get a follow up from your retina specialist since you're going abroad. Great. Have to go back there and wait. So back to the retina waiting room and get this we wait for a half hour for one of the nurses to come and put drops in my grandma's eyes. And then she tells us that the doctor won't be able to see us for another hour so why don't we go to the cafeteria and get something to eat. >:-| Apparently that was the advice given to everyone at the hospital but we went and got something to eat.
Tally: 2 hours wasted total
All right, time to go back tot he retina specialist. My grandma knows one of the nurses and asked her to get us called quickly because we had been waiting for so long and the nurse said that she would try her best. We got called after about 20 minutes which I guess isn't too shabby but this doctor said that my grandma would need to have her eyes scanned. Fine. Whatever. I just didn't want to wait any longer but nope. Back into the waiting room we go. Wait for another 30 minutes and her name finally gets called. Ready for scan? Nope. I need to go pay the bill first. Couldn't they have given the bill to me as soon as we finished seeing the doctor? Whatever, I pay the bill since there isn't a line and come back and we are told to wait again. Come on. Wtf is going on. At this point I just want to be done but we can't leave so we sit back down and wait again for another 25 minutes to get her name called and she goes into to have the scan. Once the scan is over we have to wait for another 30 minutes for the doctor to call us in to give us the results.
Tally: 3 hours wasted total
Apparently the doctor wants her to have laser treatment in one of her eyes because it is weak and we have to do this before we leave for the States. Great. Another trip back to this hospital and go through this all over again. After talking to this doctor we have to have a "counseling" sessions where someone basically recaps everything the doctor has said. For that we waited for another 15 minutes. We also set up an "appointment" not really a guaranteed time slot for a laser treatment monday morning. We'll see on Monday how fast we can get everything done. But anyway by the time we left the hospital it was 11:30am. Four and a half hours and we spent maybe 30 minutes total with the two doctors. Very efficient.
Tally: 4 total hours wasted
I was so glad to be out of that hospital and on the way back home. Quick detour to a grocery store and then back home. Had to get the insurance policy for my grandma settled so a guy from the agency came and got all the paperwork filled out and voila that was done in 10 minutes. Then we went over to my aunt's (the one that has been taking me shopping) for lunch and ended up spending the rest of the day there. She has two sons, 17 and 15 and basically the 15 year old and I bickered and fought with each other the entire time we were there . My other aunt and uncle that were going to visit from Pollachi called and said that they would come tomorrow morning instead so the three of us decided that we wanted to go see the new Pirates so off we went later in the evening. I wasn't really sure what to expect but I thought this Pirates was "ok". It was pointless in 3D and the glasses were more of a nuisance. The music was phenomenal but the story line and the overall movie wasn't that great but Johnny Depp makes it worthwhile. Raja Bharathi ended up falling asleep in the cushy seats for the first half of the movie and didn't wake up even when the camera flashed.
Tally: 1/2 hour wasted
Finally, her name gets called and we get taken to do an initial check up by one of the nurses. Then the nurse takes us to see the retina specialist. We sit there for another half hour and another nurse comes in and takes us to another room because they had put us there by mistake. My grandma had to see the glaucoma doctor first.
Tally: 1 hour wasted total
Ok so we go see the glaucoma doctor after waiting for another 15 minutes and he does his thing which doesn't take too long. Put drops in your eyes blah blah blah. And finally get a follow up from your retina specialist since you're going abroad. Great. Have to go back there and wait. So back to the retina waiting room and get this we wait for a half hour for one of the nurses to come and put drops in my grandma's eyes. And then she tells us that the doctor won't be able to see us for another hour so why don't we go to the cafeteria and get something to eat. >:-| Apparently that was the advice given to everyone at the hospital but we went and got something to eat.
Tally: 2 hours wasted total
All right, time to go back tot he retina specialist. My grandma knows one of the nurses and asked her to get us called quickly because we had been waiting for so long and the nurse said that she would try her best. We got called after about 20 minutes which I guess isn't too shabby but this doctor said that my grandma would need to have her eyes scanned. Fine. Whatever. I just didn't want to wait any longer but nope. Back into the waiting room we go. Wait for another 30 minutes and her name finally gets called. Ready for scan? Nope. I need to go pay the bill first. Couldn't they have given the bill to me as soon as we finished seeing the doctor? Whatever, I pay the bill since there isn't a line and come back and we are told to wait again. Come on. Wtf is going on. At this point I just want to be done but we can't leave so we sit back down and wait again for another 25 minutes to get her name called and she goes into to have the scan. Once the scan is over we have to wait for another 30 minutes for the doctor to call us in to give us the results.
Tally: 3 hours wasted total
Apparently the doctor wants her to have laser treatment in one of her eyes because it is weak and we have to do this before we leave for the States. Great. Another trip back to this hospital and go through this all over again. After talking to this doctor we have to have a "counseling" sessions where someone basically recaps everything the doctor has said. For that we waited for another 15 minutes. We also set up an "appointment" not really a guaranteed time slot for a laser treatment monday morning. We'll see on Monday how fast we can get everything done. But anyway by the time we left the hospital it was 11:30am. Four and a half hours and we spent maybe 30 minutes total with the two doctors. Very efficient.
Tally: 4 total hours wasted
I was so glad to be out of that hospital and on the way back home. Quick detour to a grocery store and then back home. Had to get the insurance policy for my grandma settled so a guy from the agency came and got all the paperwork filled out and voila that was done in 10 minutes. Then we went over to my aunt's (the one that has been taking me shopping) for lunch and ended up spending the rest of the day there. She has two sons, 17 and 15 and basically the 15 year old and I bickered and fought with each other the entire time we were there . My other aunt and uncle that were going to visit from Pollachi called and said that they would come tomorrow morning instead so the three of us decided that we wanted to go see the new Pirates so off we went later in the evening. I wasn't really sure what to expect but I thought this Pirates was "ok". It was pointless in 3D and the glasses were more of a nuisance. The music was phenomenal but the story line and the overall movie wasn't that great but Johnny Depp makes it worthwhile. Raja Bharathi ended up falling asleep in the cushy seats for the first half of the movie and didn't wake up even when the camera flashed.
He had a nice cushy nap
He managed to stay awake for the second half of the movie but it definitely was not the best Pirates movie. I think all of us liked the first one the best. By the time we got back I was exhausted and just went back home. All in all it was a good end to the day.
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