A Visit To UMSC To Meet Dr Jambunathan

Today, I saw Dr Stephen Jambunathan at UMSC, some 4 months after Dr Brian Ho of UPM, Kajang Hospital, referred me to UMMC. I was at the waiting area of 3rd floor from 2pm, waited in line behind 7 others. I was feeling tired from a poor night's sleep and house chores earlier on. Read a book while waiting. It was cold. My turn to see the Professor came at 4.

The first thing he asked was why was I there to see him. Some tears rolled down my cheeks when I told him that I was referred to see him at UMMC by Dr Ho but made no attempt earlier as I was not sure I would work well with him. I told him about how Dr Ho no longer wanted to see me as his patient. He seemed to understand and mentioned something about inferences. He read the photocopy of the referral letter and then told me that today was not a good day to have a full session. He then suggested that I start seeing one of his MOs Dr Khatijah as a study case, and he will be directly involved in my treatment. I am to see her once a week, starting tomorrow at 10am at UMMC.

I went on telling him bits and pieces of events which have recently happened and how I hoped he could help me deal with my issues. He said he would consider having the MMHA DSG meet at his clinic at UMMC for a session with him. He also said that I can come to see him anytime I needed to and gave me his name card and wrote down his mobile number in case I needed to talk with him. Beside seeing Dr Khatijah tomorrow, I see him next week on Monday for a full session.

The session today cost me RM130, excluding medication.