Wednesday, June 3, 2009

We're home

We're home! We checked out in the evening of day three, much earlier than when we had Siyuan in Melbourne. Lux was in much better shape as this was an easier delivery - Siyuan's birth was a 12 hours ordeal. We were glad to be out of the hospital because of the HK practices, such as keeping babies in a nursery and restricting parental access.
The quality of the nurses was very uneven. Almost all didn't know about proper breastfeeding. Some didn't follow instructions or requests from mothers where feeding was concerned. A mother in our ward had to wander up and down the corridor looking for her baby because the nurse took it to the wrong room. I chased a nurse to the nursery and had an argument because she took Sihuai back while Lux was still breastfeeding.
I've heard similar complaints from folks who used private hospitals in HK. A local father I know only managed to hold his son once in the five days the family were at the hospital. Ridiculous. Bad treatment and food while paying handsomely!

Lux's experiences at the government hospitals and clinics though are generally good. Staff were professional and practices were similar to Australia. You have to wonder about the divide.

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