An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
This is a part of his letter pleading for help and mercy in the ST online.
'Allow Medisave use for daughter's ear implant
MY DAUGHTER was diagnosed with profound hearing loss at birth and fitted with hearing aids when she was five months old.
Now, at 21 months, hearing aids do not help her any more and doctors at KK Women's and Children's Hospital recommended that she get cochlear implants.
While I am happy to know that she would be able to hear much better after getting the implants, the bill would come up to $39,000.
The maximum government subsidy was allowed for the first implant. However, the second implant, which therapists said would enable my daughter to hear more effectively in school, had to be paid in full.
In January, I sent e-mail messages to the Health Ministry and Central Provident Fund Board to seek approval for the release of part of my Medisave funds to help pay for the procedure, but have yet to receive a response….'
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27-05-2013, 10:40 PM
No one will be deprived of medical treatment - really, Mr Gan?
