Best to seek treatment early!

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Best to seek treatment early! Best to seek treatment early! I don't mind repeating this until it gets into your head. However, I do get questions with regard to 'how' to seek treatment early? The most convenient and practical way is to see your nearest 'qualified' medical doctor either in a private or a government clinic. You just need to go to see the doctor. Most doctors don't do house call and you do not expect to give a call and expect to see the doctor in your house; except of course if you have a special arrangement with the doctor or you are a VIP. Clinics normally open during working hours but there are several 24 hrs clinics as well. However, if you have an emergency i.e. after a major accident or a suspected heart attack, the place to go will be the hospital. A normal clinic is NOT equipped to handle major injury and you may be adding to the delay by waiting for the doctor in the clinic to do something.

Even a billionaire do seek treatment late, what more a poor person. Moral of the story - you might be the smartest person in a particular room, but you're not going to be the smartest person in every room.

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