COMMENT | There was a point in time when my family and I were at the hospital a lot. This was between the time when my grandmother suffered a stroke and the moment she passed away. It was quite a long period that lasted about a decade.

She survived the stroke but had to use a wheelchair. Although nothing serious developed as far as her health was concerned after that, she still had regular hospital visits and sometimes admissions to the ward.

We would all take turns bringing her to the hospital for these visits. And most of the time, although the lines were always long and the wait took quite a while, it was fine.

My late grandmother was a pensioner so she insisted that we bring her to government hospitals, and from our experience...