Gary Speers. It so happened that his wife Judy is the president of this club. We were in the news of the
local paper and the report is extremely detailed.
We then visited the Mid Coastal Hospital in Brunswick and, some of us (Cheryl & Louise) had a tour in the Miles Hospital.
For the Mid Coastal Hospital, like all other hospitals, it is a kind of non-profit making community hospital, sees patients who are under Federal Medicare (citizens above 65), State Medicaid (poor or disabled) and patients under group insurance or self insurance. All rooms are either private or semi-private which is equivalent to the first class and second class rooms in Hong Kong. No wonder people are paying a very high insurance premium if not protected by the Medicare or the Medicaid. It is about US$ 260 per month for a family. After their presentation of the hospital and its 2020 vision, we made a presentation only on the healthcare side. They were surprised to learn how HK government can cope with it.
Each member is assigned to meet personnel according to his/her field; Jennifer had a chance to observe eye operations, Ganzorig abdominal operations and Michelle to stay with acupuncturist. On the other side at Miles, Cheryl and Louise visited different departments, such as the ERs, pharmacy, labs, and learned about the IT facilities and protocols that facilitate clinical staff's management of patients. Louise was also fascinated by the water birth facilities. It is really a superb arrangement as far as vocational exchange is concerned.
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