To readers outside Singapore, I'd like to ask you this: Does the media all over the world behave in the same annoying manner towards the local medical community, or is that a trait that's unique to my country?

The call was quiet, thanks in large part to public awareness and paranoia. When usual admissions total 30 on Mondays, I only saw 12 last night. No complaints there. :) A couple of patients even discharged against medical advice in the middle of the night. Even better! :D

Now Raffles Hospital -- a private institution -- has stepped in and offered to help offload the overworked and understaffed government organizations. My deepest gratitude to them. This is exactly what we need right now, instead of a tonne of hot-air-blowing from smart-alecks who whine from the safety of their comfortable press offices.