Healthcare-Acquired Infections and Bills

Saturday, July 7, 2012 |

Someone who is presumably not a healthcare professional has finally asked one of several pertinent questions in a public forum - the Straits Times.

As far as I understand, the patient is generally billed the cost of all treatment in any hospital in Singapore (although this can be covered a variety of ways, including government subsidy, insurance, etc), which - from the patient's perspective - does seem unfair.