Kuala Lampur, June 16 -- If my two nights at the King Abdul Aziz Hospital (KAAH) were uneventful, my first night after my discharge from KAAH was just the opposite.

Constant coughing kept me awake and in pain from 11.30pm till 3.30am. I just couldn't wait for the morning prayer, after which I could take the antibiotics for the pneumonia.

I wondered why I wasn't prescribed with cough medication.

After the antibiotics and much needed rest, I searched the internet for information on pneumonia. The British National Health System (NHS) website advises the "Dos" and "Don'ts" as follows:

Do:

Don't:

The first "Don't" explains why there was no cough medicine.

Coughing is part of the healing. It's painful, but necessary.

You have to suffer ...