A crowdfunding appeal by the family of a security guard who had collapsed at Gleneagles Hospital has been circulating on social media.
Besides the request to help pay his bill of about $80,000, the family claims Mr Thomas Lukose, 55, could not get a place in a public hospital.
The appeal on the website says: "We have been trying to get him transferred to SGH (Singapore General Hospital) where the cost will be lower, however the efforts have not been successful as there isn't an ICU (intensive care unit) slot available, and it will be risky to keep waiting any longer. Therefore, we have no choice but to go ahead with operation at Gleneagles."