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Have you ever been to a hospital? Of course “yes”. When you arrive at a public hospital, you may be dismayed by the long queues of people waiting their turn

Have you ever been to a hospital? Of course "yes". When you arrive at a public hospital, you may be dismayed by the long queues of people waiting their turn. Then, when your turn finally comes, you may have to face a doctor with a sullen or annoyed attitude. With these reasons, many people today choose a private hospital or clinic for their health care needs.

To a statistic, the number of people visiting private clinics is increasing because it actually takes a lot of time for people to be examined in the public hospital. So, people with enough money and those who don't want to waste their time often choose private clinics. They know they will be served immediately and enthusiastically. They can also choose which well-known doctor they want. In addition, private hospitals' procedures can be completed quickly. You will find it easier to ask the doctors to provide you with documentation about your illness

Because public hospitals are always crowded, some patients and their family members try to give money to doctors or nurses so they can queue jump and get more special treatment than the others. Besides that, public hospitals usually overload, one bed maybe has more than one patient even occupying the hallways for patients whereas a private hospital will be able to offer single or service rooms.

Most of skilful doctors are interested in private hospital with high payment. It doesn't mean there is a lack of qualified doctors in a public hospital, but they don't work by their heart in general. Apart from these, modern facilities are one of factors attract patients to private hospital.

In a private hospital the equipments are of standard quality and generally there is lesser risk for the patient since a large number of doctors look after a single patient. In contrast, there may be a single or no person at all to be looking after an ailing patient in public hospital, so this increases the risk for the patients.

Because of these advantages, more and more patients are choosing private clinics, and that this trend will continue into the future.

Lê Minh Sơn - Dong Thap politics School.