And he could not even afford to send his ailing wife to the hospital for treatment and needs to depend on the donation from the public.
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High Cost of Medical Care in Singapore....[/h]
Leong Sze Hian recently wrote a letter to the Straits Times forum asking about the large jump in the size of class "C" hospital bills [
Link]. In my blog, I've highlight numerous cases of families (that are not rich) shouldering enormous healthcare burden due to either cracks or inadequecies in the system. In the past 4 years, class "C" bills have nearly doubled and this escalating cost hit the sick and their family really hard.
The latest case being that of Olympic hero Tan Howe Liang's wife who had breast cancer [see article below]- fortunately an anonymous donor came the family's rescue.
The MOH's reply to Leong Sze Hian generated by its PR (Corporate Communications) dept dismisses his concerns without addressing the real issue.