Quoted from allkpop.com dated 17 January 2009:
Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation has been receiving quite a bit of heat due to her statements on her radio program with Kangin (MBC FM4U의 `강인 태연의 친한 친구`).
The Girls’ Generation member who was in a great deal of pain due to the flu, vented her frustration about her incident at the hospital:
I went to the hospital to receive a shot because I was very ill with the flu. But when I arrived, the nurse told me to just lie down and wait, because it was lunch time.
But she was a nurse, instead of telling me to wait, couldn’t she have just given me a shot?
I almost caused a scene, but I simply stated, ‘How could you be like that,’ and left. Is it a patients duty to be sick on time?
Kangin then stated:
Tell me which hospital it was. It looks like that nurse has lost her mind. She should just eat lunch forever.
When a patient is in pain, it’s extremely frustrating to have to wait, especially because hospital workers have the worst attitudes ever. I can definitely relate to Taeyeon’s frustrations, as I’ve had very similar experiences at the ER. In any regards, both Taeyeon and Kangin’s statements have been blown out of proportion and netizens are already starting to hate on, well Taeyeon exclusively. Which just goes to show, that little girls love finding reasons to hate on Girls’ Generation. And forces SM Entertainment to release apologies like these:
Taeyeon and Kangin should’ve been a little more careful with their words, unfortunately they weren’t. However, there were no evil intentions. All of us are very sorry about this incident.
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‘When a patient is in pain, it’s extremely frustrating to have to wait, especially because hospital workers have the worst attitudes ever. I can definitely relate to Taeyeon’s frustrations, as I’ve had very similar experiences at the ER. In any regards, both Taeyeon and Kangin’s statements have been blown out of proportion and netizens are already starting to hate on, well Taeyeon exclusively. Which just goes to show, that little girls love finding reasons to hate on Girls’ Generation.’
Which was what johnnydorama of allkpop wrote. I agree that some people just find opportunities to pick on other people. But this is a direct insult against medical professionals. If the nurse gave her the shot without the doctor’s verification, she could lose her medical license. And over what? A whiny celebrity who demanded to be given a shot despite the fact that she claimed she was ‘in a great deal of pain’ and she was still able to walk out. Why should the hospital and current/future patients be deprived of the care of a medical professional just because someone decided that she’s a doctor and decided to prescribe herself a shot? *rolls eyes*
Hospital workers do NOT have the worst attitudes ever. Everyone demands medical attention in ER, it’s natural for patients to feel frustrated especially in this department. There really aren’t that many workers and procedures can take a long time per patient. Miss Taeyeon was not ‘on the brink of death’ and the nurse is not obligated legally to stay by her side. *For goodness sake people, it’s just the frigging NORMAL(not H1N1) flu, suck it up and wait your damn turn.* Frankly if I was the nurse I would have gone on my lunch break. ER people, medical professionals should go on their break so that they do not drop on their feet.
But then again I’m reminded of Winah telling me about doctors facebooking in their offices. -.-
Tsk.
