Squiddley,
If it makes you feel any better, the HK hospital system is by no means worse than what can now be expected in UK.
I have been, quite frankly, appalled since our return here 6 yrs ago from Kowloon. Judging by my experiences since then, most of the time you may as well do your own first aid because the long wait in casualty can often make things worse, such as when my young son suffered a severe hand burn. He was given no treatment at all for nearly 8 hours and he was in agony by the time he was seen. Since the "merger to improve services" with another hospital nearly 30 miles away, our local hospital has just one doctor on duty at weekends. One person cannot be expected cope with the workload, especially when English is his second language.
