NUH withdraws bankruptcy bid against former patient after finding out he was in nursing home
Mr Philip Soh Keng Cheang had owed more than $290,000 after he sued NUH for negligence and lost the case. PHOTO: ST FILE
UPDATED Jun 09, 2025, 05:00 AM
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SINGAPORE – The National University Hospital (NUH) withdrew bankruptcy proceedings against a former patient after finding out that he was a fully subsidised patient in a nursing home.
The man, Mr Philip Soh Keng Cheang, 61, had owed more than $290,000, mostly in legal costs and hospital bills, after he sued NUH for negligence and lost the case.
But the hospital’s change of mind occurred barely an hour before the bankruptcy hearing in February , and was not conveyed in time to its lawyers, which meant Mr Soh was declared bankrupt.
More than two months later , the High Court allowed NUH’s request to rescind the bankruptcy order, then granted permission for it to withdraw the bankruptcy application.
On May 29, Assistant Registrar Elton Tan published written grounds for his decision.
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TT571203 12/06/2025
How heartless they can be? Our country is always willing to donate so much money to other countries who need lots of funds, why not help and support many Singaporeans here?
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And many of our young doctors are are not so knowledgeable in their expertise that they don't even know existing drugs that are used for flu. They only know of new drugs that are promoted by the pharmaceutical industry. Sometimes the best drugs may not be as effective as the old ones but they are taken off the clinic shelves and your doctor could ask you to buy them elsewhere yourself.
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