Taiwan's health care system is great, but unfortunately has varying levels of quality

After a short examination, the doctor said that the lumps were probably only cysts, but he insisted on a biopsy to be sure. The final diagnosis was indeed cysts and my wife could decide whether to have the biggest one removed or not. She indeed decided to have it removed. The operation took less than one hour, using a local anaesthetic. The surgeon did an excellent job, and the diagnosis was confirmed by analysis of the lump after removal. Recently, one of my wife's friends had the same situation. Once again, the University Hospital overturned the original diagnosis of another hospital and even told the lady that she need not take any action immediately, but to just keep checking every three months.

Two years ago, one of my wife's nieces complained about abdominal discomfort. She visited a hospital several times and was told it was only because of her age (sixteen at that time). The problem did not improve, so once again, we recommended a visit to the University Hospital. Her appendix was removed the same day. More delay could have been very serious and could even have killed her. Last month she started to study at this hospital as a university student. It seems to me that there are different levels of care and professionalism here depending on which hospital you go to. As I said, my experience of this University Hospital has been, and continues to be truly first class. Others seem to be more interested in making money and some seem to be not even competent. Our Ministry of Health should enforce rigorous inspections on all hospitals, including conducting interviews with patients to get to know their experiences, and make sure that everyone is working at the highest levels of care, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

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