Hi Steve, we are sorry for your experience that you had at TMC. We would appreciate if you could drop us an email at [email protected] so that we can investigate this matter.Steve1960 wrote:This is just for reference really as it's slightly off subject.
Sadly my wife's pregnancy was not viable, at the first scan there was no baby just some tissue fooling my wife's body into thinking she was pregnant.
Had a D&C at Thomson Medical Centre. S$1.6k for the surgeon and anesthetist, still waiting for the final bill from the hospital but paid a S$2k deposit.
The hospital staff were all very good. Attentive, sympahetic, efficient. A good experience during a difficult time.
One complaint. My wife was cleared to discharge from the hospital at 10pm, we waited around a further 1 hour because the Finance department had not finalised the hospital's bill only to find that when we did go to pay they had not been able to finalise the bill anyway because staff had gone home! That's not great considering we had our 2 year old with us as we had no one to take care of her. Had they kept us waiting any longer I would have left anyway whether they liked it or not
Hello Ms SunshineSheens, I'm planning to apply to ICA the LTVP seeking to deliver in sg. they noted that I need to have a security deposit of 1000-3000sgd once I've been approve. now reading your post wondering to sum up how much money would I need to invest just to deliver in Sg? maybe I will be having the package with the cheaper room. Because now I'm reading the post here seeing the value of 8000 and up will not be that reasonable for me to deliver there.SunshineSheens wrote:Huh? Normal delivery shouldn't be around $8,000. I'm under DP and my bill was only $3,8K. That's with epidural already in a A1 room and I'm a private suite patient also. For CS it should be atleast $6,000-$10,000 depends if the baby has complications and needs to stay for a few more days in the NICU. Sorry but $8,000 is quite exaggerating it already.ecureilx wrote:without complications, in KKH, expect to put aside atleast 8,000 $ ..Steve1960 wrote:Anyone have a ball park figure for the cost of a birth without any complications? I am from the UK and my wife is Filipina and we just found out she is pregnant with our second child. Way too much hassle to return to either of our native countries so we intent to have the baby here in Singapore. I am just wondering how much financial pain it will be.
If its very expensive I am going to the bathroom later this evening to beat my todger with a heavy object so that I never ever do this again
And with 'minor' complications, look for 14,000
http://www.kkh.com.sg/Services/Women/Ma ... /Home.aspx
BTW, she has to go into A1/B1, if she is not a PR or SC
just a thought - did you think of delivering in Malaysia ? KL ... maybe much much cheaper
With KKH, they will require you to deposit a certain amount, depends on the room you're going to choose ( I think it was between A2 and A1 something like that wherein they will ask you if you want your Gynae to personally assist your wife in delivery or not. That's the only difference.) but will return the remaining balance about a week or two after if there's any. We deposited $4,5K if I'm not mistaken. You can choose to pay by Credit card and there's an option whether you want it in 6mos or 12mos to pay 0% interest with some banks like UOB/DBS.
Steve1960, I assume you guys are also not PR or citizen, as I've said in my previous post earlier better if you guys can just choose a private hospital instead. The cost is just the same and it'll save you the hassle of long queues and service is much better. Raffles and Thomson are popular choices among locals here for its impeccable service, and they're breastfeeding friendly as well
Have you spoken to the hospital? They are often a good starting point in these cases and can point you in the right direction. You don't say which hospital you are using but if it is one of the more expensive ones you may want to look at moving to KK or NUH. It's unfortunate that you don't have your PR yet as that would have helped to reduce the bills.ravindra123 wrote:Hi, I am a foreigner working here since last one year and my wife delivered a premature baby girl at 25 weeks. While I knew the cost was exorbitant for delivery here and I had no insurance from the company, I least expected a preterm labour as 22nd week scan showed everything absolutely normal. Infact as per my earlier plan, I was planning to take my wife to my country for delivery during year end after PR interview which was scheduled on Dec 2nd week.
While the baby is in NICU since last 4 days, now I am faced with an estimated bill of 2000 SGD on a daily basis on an average (could be more) for next 90 days. Is there any government agencies I can approach for help since while at one hand I am hoping that the baby is safe, I oubt if I can afford the expenses with my entire life's saving and assets and also not knowing the outcome condition of the baby in next few months. Kindly let me know if anyone has experienced similar situations or let me know of any government body whom I can approach to grant me subsidy which I need really badly now. Thanks!
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