e extraordinary applied research proj

introduction

i hate visiting my ah ma in SGH. i hate seeing her lying on e sterile hospital bed looking all frail n weak. i hate tat she's feeling nauseous cuz of e anaesthetics.

i hate tat half e family was crowding around her bed cuz she juz had an operation. i hate tat everybody's tokin her when she's supposed to abstain frm toking to alleviate e post-operation high blood pressure. n i hate tat i cant figure out how to off e lights at her bed so tat she can rest well.

equally unbearable to me are e sights of patients with tubes n bandages, of patients looking pained n lost, of nurses with expressions tat resemble tat of queen of spades, of family members looking as worried as yusof ishak on a S$10 note, n of bloody rascals asking nurses how to switch e tv in e dayroom for patients to channel 8.

e whole SGH compound juz make me feel so gloomy n depressed.

hypothesis development

at 1st i wondered if e above was juz an isolated case, then i recalled numerous other occasions when i felt e same way. n they mostly took place in government hospitals. tis led me to generalise n obtained e following hypothesis...

H0: Government-linked hospitals are gloomier than private hospitals.

methodology

all my notable visits to hospitals are included in e sample events. tho e sample might not be representative of the whole population n may not be accurately extrapolated to other situations, but i don give a hoot. haha~

every sample event is rated on e royal gloom index (invented by yours truly), where:
0 = zero gloom
10 = ultimate gloom

e degree of gloom constitutes a few elements, namely:
1. amt of pain suffered (emotional & physical)
2. no. of hospitalised days a.k.a. time taken to recover

results

since gpte is smaller than ggov, H0 is accepted. gov-linked hospitals are indeed gloomier than pte hospitals.

conclusion

possible reasons for e above results:
1. pte hospitals mostly attend to A class patients, n A class rooms have doors tat are alwayz closed, so i cant see e other patients n their sufferings.
2. all e ppl around me tat needs 2b hospitalised for high gloom index reasons juz happen 2b not affluent enough to admit into pte hosp.

so... prep yourself b4 visiting a gov-linked hosp, lest e gloomy atmosphere catches u off-guard.

despite hoping tat i wun hafta visit hospitals for high gloom index events anymore, im still gonna visit my ah ma in u-noe-where now.

(yes e applied reseach proj part is full of bullshit, but if u see thru e bullshit u'll find tat parts of it are sincerely true.)