Here is a KL doctor recommendation

I had a sore throat and felt lethargic for a couple of days and a local ex pat recommended a clinic in the Golden Triangle of KL. The doctor took a swab and some other diagnostic tests and it turned out to be a strain of streptococcus (or strep). ( He said some strains of strep can be fatal if left untreated.) To be on the safe side he gave me immediately an antibiotic cocktail via IV, oral and bum injection. Then I got a full regimen of antibiotics for the next few weeks.

This happened yesterday and I feel much better already. Thank god I had a doctor recommendation right then and there I felt safe going to. They also spoke perfect english. Yes it did cost about 300 USD in total, but I was fine with this and it also applies to my travel insurance deductible.

Anyway, I'm always appreciative of recommendations of where good medical care personel are located in the countries and provinces for which I visit. So I wanted to share this info to fellow travelers.

Clinic Doctor Oorloff & Parters (hrs 8:30 am to 10:30 pm)
86-88 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 1st Floor, above and to the right of the KFC, cross street Changkat Bukit Bintang.
(The KFC is right across from the BB plaza shopping center)
55100 KL
tel 03-2142 3335, tel/fax 03-2145 5612

We had occasion to take my daughter to the dr in Malaysia and also very impressed with the standard of medical care. the dr we went to, Dr Marsinah, was Malaysian trained but spoke excellent English and was located at the Klinik Nabilah in Kemaman/Cukai (so handy if you are staying somewhere like Cherating on the East Coast).

We had also had to take our daughter to the dr in Singapore and were very happy with the dr there too. her name was Dr Linda tan and she was at the Island Medical Group in the Tanglin Centre (a floor up from the more expensive International clinic where most foreigners go).

And shoudl add that it cost us RM30 to see Dr Marsinah and S$30 to see Dr Tan.

Thanks ibudewi,

This kind of information is so invaluable. I've even saved your info in my files for future reference. For my medical care, I thought the price was a little excessive for my treatment initially, but then again my symptoms and treatment were not so standard.

We too went to Dr Oolrlorf last year when we had our then 5month old son present with small red bites all over his face and arms.We were understandably concerned,and went to this doctor after being directed there from the Pharmacy across the road.It was quick and easy and didn't cost much ( I recall less than $20AUD),and we also took him back to our Doctor once we arrived home,who prescribed the same treatment,so it was all good.It did take a while for the bites to dissapear though and nobody could tell us exactly what they were(possibly woodmites or bedbugs?,although neither his father or I had any).

Why are people surprised that they get good medical care in a place like Malaysia I wonder

I don't know about anyone else but I have been to plenty fo dodgy doctors on my travels including in various parts of Asia. Also encountered numerous crap doctors in Australia when I haven't gone to someone based on a personal recommendation so just thought it was good to just walk in to a dr in Malaysia from off the street and get excellent care for much less than what it would cost at home.

What's wrong with posting a good news story anyway?

nothing wrong with it at all...the surprise just struck me as strange

...and then the good doctor laughed all the way to the bank.

Not wanting to re-open a thread that's died but....don't go to this clinic, I think they are a complete rip off. I live in KL and locals would pay between 35-50RM for a consultation, even given a mark up on the cost of a consultation for a foreigner this guy charged me 350RM for a consultation and almost another 500RM for medication. Unfortunatley I was too ill to argue the point, but I've learnt my lesson now.

If you're ill in KL try to get a taxi and get out to Gleneagles Hospital on Jln Ampang. I'm not advocating going to A&E for minor illnesses that you could just walk into a pharmacy and be treated for, but anything where you need to see a doctor go to Gleneagles instead. A&E there will charge you around 35-40RM for the consultation, and I got a bag load of medication there for 60RM. Should have gone there in the first place, live and learn.

I was very satisfied with Doctor Oorloff. In preperation for my journey to SE Asia last January, I had contacted about 5 or 6 facilities in advance, asking various questions regarding vaccinations and malaria pills. While the prices were similar at all the KL facilities I contacted (variety of hospital and clinics) , Oorloff was the only one who took the time to answer all my questions thoroughly in his email responses. He and his staff were very pleasant, and I didn't feel ripped off whatsoever.

US$300 for this kind of treatment is insanely expensive for KL. I mean out-of-this-world ripoff insane.

I don't think I've ever spent more than RM100 for consultation plus prescriptions, often less.

LOL. I thought doctors are not allow to advertise and there are even regulations on how their clinics signboards should be. And here is Lea adding scare tactics to drive up 'sales'.

I know this is an old post, but am surprise that there is reply saying that US300 is NOT a total rip-off. Anything above 1000 ringgits would be surgery...

I was at this clinic earlier today for an ear infection. Dr Chong Wei Min attended to me, and after telling him about my ear ache, he took a swab and told me it's an infection (otitis media) and if leave untreated can cause deafness. But what shocked me, was he kept repeating he is a specialist and told me the treatment would cost RM390. I was shocked, even a visit to the twin towers medical wasn't that expensive to begin with. I then told him, i cannot afford such expensive treatment, and would gladly pay for the consultation fee. He said the minimum consultation fee i would need to pay is RM100, as he is a specialist, and can easily go up to RM180. I finally told him, I would pay for RM100 then. He reduced his treatment cost to RM300, then RM250, to a lower RM200, and finally RM150. When he negotiated the price, I should have left because doctors don't do that. I was quite angry because a normal consultation wouldn't cost more than RM50 (no meds given). In the end, he put me on antibiotic drip, took a scan of my heart (no idea why?), and gave me the print out. I made sure I paid with cash instead of credit card.

Perhaps, RM100 would be a more reasonable cost for that simple treatment. The facilities and condition of the clinic is quite bad in my opinion. I would never go back to this clinic anymore. It's such a ripoff. A visit to the hospital wouldn't even cost RM400.

An antibiotic drip? All you needed was a prescription for Erythromycin or Augmentin!!!!

The next doctor I went to, told me the antibiotic drip is not necessary and it may be one of their ways to make us pay more. I wouldn't recommend travelers to go to this clinic, and from what I see, the thread starter paid a huge sum for a normal clinic treatment. What a rip off.

For future reference - just got back from Gleneagles Hospital. Paid 150 RM for thorough (20-30 min) specialist consultation. Then for 2x/day, 5 day course of two IV antibiotics (total 15 injections) it cost around 900 RM (not including subsequent daily costs of injection, syringe, etc which is around 50 RM). Additionally paid 367 RM for an ultrasound. Medication was more expensive than I would have liked (675 RM of the cost was one antibiotic course; the rest was all cheap) but the hospital was recommended on TT and it appeared on the US embassy's list of suitable hospitals.

Sounds ridiculously overpriced by the likes of this thread though...? Quality of care was excellent, in any case.

And your point? Gleneagles is a specialist hospital in Ampang - one of the most affluence suburb in KL with rows of embassies, while this 3-yr old thread is on general practitioner...

#16, There was a deleted post I was referring to in my first paragraph in #12 on services offered in Glenagles, was it yours?

I was just trying to be helpful to other posters who may not be as familiar with KL's hospitals and pricing as you apparently are.

... and I mistakenly thought you were trying to promote its services, so callous of me!

BTW I'm not a KL resident and don't pay KL prices; and was responding to the overcharges by general practitioners in off the street clinics on sore throats, bed bug bites, ear infections, fever and whatnot; quality of care at the clinics is just as satisfactory as those specialist hospitals - as mentioned in #1 by ibudewi.

I'm not trying to promote anything, just trying to help other travellers who might be in my unfortunate position of needing hospital treatment while abroad.

I am sick of all the insinuation that you are seeing a general pratitioner. Dr Chong Wei Min MRCP ( Lond ) MACP ( US ) MRCPCH ( Paediatric Cardiology ) Lond, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine ( Eire ) , Cardiology Fellowship ( Harvard ), Residency in Internal Medicine ( Mount Sinai ), Professor of Medicine , head of department of cardiology, Medical advisory council member for Drugs and therapeautics and Infectious disease and past consultant at the Royal postgraduate medical school who is also a Chevening scholar, Diploma in Cardiology ( London University ), Diploma of Internal Medicine ( London University ) is not a general practitioner and the author of MRCP II MADE EASY, Survival kit for MRCP II, Cardiology , A Socratic Approach, Survival kit for MRCP I, Survival kit in Cardiology for MRCP II and visiting professors in many major Ivy league hospitals is charged 100 RM for initial consultation, performs angioplasty , pacemaker implants and lectures regularly to specialists abroad and malaysia on a regular basis. On this basis, dont take his charity work at Oorloff clinic or his mild mannered kindness for weakness. You are being treated by one of the most brilliant physicians who have trained hundred of specialists internationally. Dont judge a book by its cover. MRCP II MADE EASY is rated 7 under MRCP search in Amazon Com, so please dont magnify your ignorance.

He is also the Physician for UTOPIA ( which is HIV positive people which he does for free ), a Royal cardiologist to the Sultan of Johor, operated on the chief police officer of Melaka and Penang, many prominent politicians both in Malaysia and abroad, the deputy special branch police of Malaysia and has many people who travel to Malaysia from all over the planet to consult and treat him. His main strength is his diagnostic acumen and his skills in treatment. Please stop this character assasination as you are all very foolish. When Dato De Souza was pronounced to have cancer of the lung and this was established by both the specialists , the chest physician and the haematologist and was sent back to die from Gleaneagles hospital, he was asked for a second opinion, he cured Dato De Souza, the prominent Amway Diamond member and a respected member of the dental council. There are many more VIPS whom he has treated , so dont be so bigoted and dont think that you are dealing with a mediocre GP. The only reason , he came back from England was to operate on his father with his team when the Malaysian specialist said it could not be done. So he is not only out of your league but show some appreciation.

He cured Dato De Souza of the Pneumonia despite the concurrent diagnosis of a Chest physician and a so called specialist haematologist from Gleneagles. Ponder about this before you devalue the intellect of this Physician who was a specialist at the age of 25

Not only that , WM Chong MD aka Dr Chong Wei Min had the principle and the guts to resign with his wife who is a Chest physician from Columbia Asia Hospital in protest of the killing of a patient with Tracium by Dr Neoh, the Orthopaedic surgeon. He was then the head of the department of medicine of Columbia Asia hospital and their senior resident Interntional Cardiologist Physician and the medical advisory chairman for Drugs and therapeautics as well as the Chairman for Infectious disease at that time. Dr Neoh claimed that he was possesed by a demon and injected the poison because of that. He also claimed that the computer system was faulty and may have cause the error. He declared that the computer system named CARE 21 be suspended from use. This is a man with principle who cares for his patients and not the mediocre general practitioner you seem to believe because of bitter jealousy and mediocrity in Malaysia. He has also fought for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C surgeons and interventional radiologists and cardiologist to be barred from operating as he cares. So please, dont misjudge his good intentions. He may lower his price to even 10 RM because he thinks that the foreigner cant pay.

wendygold = a person who cares to register into a travellers' forum and then talk nonsense.

BTW, who cares and bother to read your rant? Not me. I open this post because it was on my 'recent threads".

Run along now, and spend more time on your lessons given by your teacher. Yeah, yeah, it is the 1st day of your 1-week school break...

Yesterday I went to Dr Oorloff & Partners Klink. I would recommend this doctors clinic. I am Australian, and whilst the actual clinic is a little messier than the clinics I am used to, everything was clean and the equipment sterilised. My husband has been today as well as we both had chest and sinus infections. We saw a youngish (maybe in her thirties) female Doctor who was very pleasant and has very good English. Before asking to see the doctor, I asked the cost, which was RM35.
During the consultation the Dr recommended that I have antibiotics (obviously) and gave me the option of a antibiotic IV drip with follow up antibiotics which would make me feel better straight away (for RM280 total, including consultation fee), or just the antibiotics which would take 24 - 48 hours to begin to work (RM150 including consultation fee). At first I was shocked and said it was too expensive, so she said she could write a prescription for me to take to the pharmacy. She was just as happy for this option. After leaving the clinic, I discussed with my husband would said to just get the drip as he was sick of listening to me cough (and to be fair I was sick of it too, excuse the pun). I went back and they set me up with the drip and an hourish later I felt great. The coughing had eased, and the phlegm (sorry) was thinner and less already.
Initially I had paid the RM35, and when it was payment time, I was only required to pay the top up to RM280. Whilst some might say I didn't need the IV, it made me feel so much better straight away.
For me to visit our Dr at home it is A$72 for a normal consultation, so really the RM280 was not much more (approx A$87 with current exchange rate at time of post).
I have since been to the pharmacist to ask for the price of the antibiotics, and one of them was RM88 alone. I left with three types of tablet antibiotics, 1 tablet for phlegm, and cough syrup.
My husband has been today for the same treatment and feels so much better as well. He had also slipped and grazed his inner forearm (not painful, but it did break the skin), which the Dr notice and asked about his tetanus shots. Neither of us had had them recently and so she told my husband he needed one and recommended I had one as well. For both of the shots it was RM50, and last 5 years.

Whilst this may not be the norm in Australia (the IV drip), I know they do give IV antibiotics in Japan at international clinics, as a friend of mine had this recently (they are citizens of Japan). All in all, I would definitely recommend this clinic. I will be going back if needed as we are in KL for 4 months.....and if you ask for a receipt you should be able to claim it on your travel insurance when you get home anyway. Better than ruining a holiday!

MOST DOCTORS IN MALAYSIA are same ...he checked your heart because he knew that your shocked !! LOL