<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>March 7, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Expect 4-month wait for bed <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->IT SEEMS like an anomaly.
Some 300 people who currently need subsidised beds in nursing homes must expect a wait of up to four months.
Meanwhile, some 300 such beds are vacant.
The 300 on the wait list require step-down care and cannot afford non-
subsidised beds in nursing homes. They include those recovering from illness and those without caregivers. Read the full report in The Sunday Times.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Expect 4-month wait for bed <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->IT SEEMS like an anomaly.
Some 300 people who currently need subsidised beds in nursing homes must expect a wait of up to four months.
Meanwhile, some 300 such beds are vacant.
The 300 on the wait list require step-down care and cannot afford non-
subsidised beds in nursing homes. They include those recovering from illness and those without caregivers. Read the full report in The Sunday Times.
