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yaco · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 473

Could someone provide information about STD Clinics in HK ( ph no's are OK ).

I work in Mainland China near HK and feel more confident about the testing regime in HK.

I have already called a hospital in Hk and was quoted $1600 which is a ridiculous price.

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

The price would seem normal. Wouldn't such a series of tests and checks also cost a day's wages in the US or the UK (and the Mainland)?

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

yaco · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 473

ZH

Thanks for not providing assistance.

Few people in Australia receive US $200 per day in Australia.

Think about it !!!!!!!!

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

Obviously I meant relatively. That is, such treatment would typically equate to a day's wages in any country, whether that be the UK, the US, Hong Kong, or Mainland China. The price you cite is equal to a day's wages here and so is quite normal. How much would such tests cost on the Mainland? I would guess it would (at least) be in the hundreds of Yuan. Considering the average wage is less than 500 RMB a month in most areas, I think that is ridiculous. If you - on your Mainland wage - find the HK price ridiculous then I simply suggest you stay on the Mainland and receive ridiculous treatment (at, by local standards, an extortionate price).

echo2004sierra · Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 90 Location: prc

A yahoo search gave up this:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=std+clinic+hong+kong&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8

A google search this:-

http://www.google.com/search?hl=zh-CN&q=std+clinic+hong+kong&lr=

Does this information help you at all?

Ricci · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 67

ZH
I recently read that HK Disney were paying over-the-odds wages to its employees, at 9000 HKD per month. So, how then is 1600 an average daily wage? Or are you just assuming that anyone who wants to go to an STD clinic is a NET teacher on a NET teacher salary? How open minded of you.

Ricci · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 67

Also, who was it who said this on another post?

"I am one of those many "others" and this is why I can not agree with my fellow hero here. The "bottom of the pay scale" on the NET scheme is, as I understand it, presently $17,000 for PNETs, and $10,500 special allowance. That's a total of some $27,500 a month. That's more than half a million over two years. If your rent is $7,500 you still have $20,000 a month. That's $1,000 a day Monday through Friday. If you can't live well on that then you have serious difficulties. I earn less and live very well indeed."

ZH, you say that there are "many" people on this pay scale, and that's only foreign teachers, locals get paid much less. 1600HKD is not an average salary and you know as much, you are just being your usual old LUDicrous self.

Apologies to the OP, I really didn't mean to hijack your serious thread with this kind of argument, but you are correct, this is a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a necessary medical matter.

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:45 am Post subject:

There are plenty of free STD testing clinics throughout the U.S. So my answer to ZH's question was "No, it doesn't cost a day's wages in the U.S."

I bet HK has some public health clinics that do free STD tests. It's worth checking out.

ChrisRose · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 427 Location: Hong Kong

The HK government 'Clap clinics' are free / $1xx for HK ID card holders. I think there are 3 that specialize in cases such as; crotch dandruff, galloping knob rot, cottage cheese discharge syndrome, the peeing napalm syndrome etc.

Any private doctor in HK can also take blood, urine, and internal swabs and send them off for testing.

Should you be feeling adventurous, you can do some online searches and try to identify whatever you may have caught. Although that wouldn't be definitive since many STD's don't visible cause symptoms in some carriers.

With this being said, self treatment is not a good idea, since improper antibiotics / anti fungal agents many not have fully killed the virus / fungi. Hence an official all clear, follow on check is most desirable.

As for mainland doctors / hospitals, I would assume they are very highly experienced in the identification and treatment of STDs.

once again · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 815

Apart from the graphic grossness of Chris's response ( which under different circumstances may serve you well,,!!!) I think he is right. I would also have thought that hospitals or clinics over the border would have had ample experience. As for Zeros quote..1600 a day would amount to around about 48,000 a month for HK residents. To claim that is an average salary is just silly. And he knows it.

I suggest if you think you have some kind of STD and do not want to go to a mainland clinic...\\then go to any private doctor near the border and get them to advise you.

I had an ear problem..and it seems theses specialists are amongst the most expenesive in HK...I spent a total of 1,750 to hear again properly over three appointments...so the STD clinics would charge nowhere near that....on the basis that most govenrnments think that STD is something that we should cure and not leave to get worse....

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject:

Zero Ludwig must have known from personal experience that $1600 is a typical charge for STD testing in HK.

I suspect his own STD manifested itself in some mild brain-malfunctioning, but I could be wrong.

Can anyone else suggest a possible Zero STD?

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject:

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

First, you do not decree what is and what is not accurate - your delusions of grandeur and authority are but in your own mind. Second, the original poster stated his belief that the price quoted was "ridiculous", a subjective and pointed statement. My comment was in response to that, as anyone who could read would well understand.