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…
