FAPee Hike Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital Rent By $1.4M. Donation -> Familee Gambling Fund!

makapaaa · Mar 24, 2010

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By Evelyn Choo | Posted: 23 March 2010 2317 hrs
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SINGAPORE: The Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital celebrates its 100th anniversary this year - with some challenges. It faces a shortage of doctors and has to pay higher rent.

The community hospital, which depends on patient fees and donations, has not raised its nursing home charges in 16 years.

S Thangavelu has spent nearly a month at the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, and he likes it. The 72-year-old cancer survivor has been undergoing physiotherapy here, after being transferred from Singapore General Hospital.

"I find this place (to have a) very good environment, (it is) natural. The air is very nice, very fresh. There is no air-con but I like it this way, without air-con," he said.

The hospital has 50 beds, but only 70 per cent are occupied. And its three in-house doctors are not enough to meet demand. It hopes to hire eight more doctors by June, and gradually increase the number of beds to 150.

The other doctors on duty, who visit two or three times a week, are from acute hospitals. The hospital hopes more doctors will drop by, to better care for the patients.

Patrick Lee, vice-chairman, Board of Directors, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital said: "We also intend to extend our services to training as well as see how patients who have returned home - how we can help them."

The hospital, which turns 100 this year, is also facing a sharp spike in rent. Ever since its 99-year lease ended last month, the hospital has had to pay S$1.4 million in rent, compared to the nominal S$1 previously.

Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital has been here since 1910, and its board and donors hold this place close to their hearts. When the lease ends in 2015, authorities have expressed interest in preserving the buildings. The board hopes it can remain as a hospital and nursing home.

- CNA/sc

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Watchman · Mar 24, 2010

Re: FAPee Hike Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital Rent By $1.4M. Donation -> Familee Gambling Fu

Wah the other two earmarked hospitals have not been built .

Yet the two Casinos are coming up .

Amazing Singapore .

Yet they justify Doctors and Practitional quota by not building the Hospitals .

Amazing .

exSINgaporean · Mar 24, 2010

Re: FAPee Hike Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital Rent By $1.4M. Donation -> Familee Gambling Fu

"The hospital, which turns 100 this year, is also facing a sharp spike in rent. Ever since its 99-year lease ended last month, the hospital has had to pay S$1.4 million in rent, compared to the nominal S$1 previously."

Who is the landlord...must be the government because of the "nominal S$1 rent, as no private co. will commit on a $1 rent even though it was 99 years ago. It must be the kind good British goverment.

Now why can't the PAP government further extent the S$! nominal rent for another 99 years. After all this is less than 1/2 the pay of the current Prime Minister!

Also this 99-lease is a wake-up call to all Singaporeans who are living in all those 99-year lease HDB flats...you get my point....your children and grandchildren will suffer ybder the hands of Lee Kuan Yew's grandchildren. In In another generation they will be under the FamiLEE's mercy all over again!

halsey02 · Mar 24, 2010