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4) Doctor appointment.

They were not able to go to the doctor’s appointment because they were worried. But
when the time came, they were able to go to the hospital. They found it rather time-
consuming and inconvenient. When they reached the hospital, they met the doctor

and the doctor seemed not to have much time to be with them. So, they quickly took
the medicine and came back. So, they called up befrienders to talk about it. But
anyhow, they felt happy to have done their part -make it for the appointment.

And they feel good after talking to befrienders. If there is anything that they feel is not
so comfortable, they can just talk to befrienders.

During MCO there are many professional counselling online which are accessible for
callers, and they also tried out, and they found that the feedback from them were very

good and very informative. And they also called up befrienders. I just wondered why. I
asked them. They said they are very happy but still call befrienders because to the
professionals, they like to be quoted as “well-behaved” compared to befrienders. They

find that they can talk more easily with befrienders.