If you haven’t read my Eid and new baby delivery adventures, you can read all about them on my main blog. For our fourth and possibly final baby, we have chosen the nearest private hospital to our new home in Semenyih which is KPJ Kajang in well, Kajang. Adam & Mia was born in Hospital Putrajaya, Hana in Pantai Hospital Cheras and new baby boy in Kajang. That’s 3 different states for 4 different children. It is also coincidental that we have four different addresses for each of our children. It seems like whenever we move places, we will have a new baby at that new address. And since this Serene Heights home will likely be our final resting place, no more children after this or else we’ll have to move in to a new place first.
But I digress. We didn’t expect Linda’s delivery at KPJ Kajang to encounter any difficulties, particularly in term of insurance coverage. This is because when Hana was born 8 years ago, all our hospital bills were fully covered by Linda’s employer. We thought it would be just the same this time around. So you can imagine our surprise when we were presented with the final hospital bill of RM2037.70 at around the time of discharge. We called the insurance panel and they confirmed the excess fees. It took us a while to take out all our savings and then borrow some more from our relatives to settle the bill.
One week later, we found out that there was a new collective agreement signed between Linda’s employer and the executive staff union. Apparently in this new agreement, all hospital delivery charges are capped to just RM1,500 and we had to pay for the operation theatre charges ourselves hence the ridiculously high final bill.
In spite of all that, on the bright side, we’re grateful that everything went smoothly during the delivery and Linda and the baby were all safe and sound. The hospital nurse and staff were very professional and caring throughout our stay there. If not for the bill, it would have been a very pleasant stay. I would highly recommend KPJ Kajang and Dr Rasliza, provided you can afford them.
