When patients stay in a higher class ward and then downgrade to a lower ward class towards the end of their stay, they will receive subsidies based on the respective ward classes. “This is fair,” said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.
Replying to Parliamentary questions on Tuesday , he pointed out that where the request to downgrade is due to unaffordability because of complications or unexpected additional costs, public hospitals will find ways to support them financially. For upgrading of wards, he stressed the need to discourage patients from selecting lower ward classes to secure more subsidies for more costly treatments and then switch to higher ward classes once these treatments are completed.
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