Recently, one of our public hospitals became famous for the action which it took (compared to the immediate sacking of Roy Ngerng citing his defamation of the prime minister as one of the reasons, despite the court hearing had not even commenced yet) in regard to one of their foreign employee's facebook posting against Singaporeans.
There have also been reports claiming that it employs about 70 to 80 per cent of its staff from one foreign country.
Actually, some people say that about 80 per cent of their staff are non-Singaporeans (work permits, S-pass, employment pass, PRs, foreign spouses on letter of consent, foreign interns, trainees, etc).
According to the MOH's web site - this public hospital had the highest total hospitalisation bill for citizens (among all public hospitals excluding the National Heart Centre) for all ward classes (Class C, B2, B1 and A) at the 90th and 95th percentile in 2013.
For example, it was $8,071 at the 95th percentile, against just $4,758 at the lowest public hospital in Class C.
At the 90th percentile - it was $5,220 against $2,901.
Why?
Why is it that this particular public hospital has the highest bill size across all ward classes?
Could it be that they employ more non-Singaporeans than other public hospitals?
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TRS Contributor