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Lobster meals and other frills at private hospitals: Should medical insurance pay for these?
Some policyholders question necessity of such frills, asking the authorities to probe if these are fuelling jump in healthcare costs, claims
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Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital’s wok-fried lobster for patients.
PHOTOS: LIANHE ZAOBAO, KARYN LOW
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You are admitted to hospital for treatment and are pleasantly surprised that the meals come with choices such as wok-fried lobster and slow-cooked aged black Angus beef.
After a few days of such sumptuous meals that are worthy of top hotels, you are told that you can be chauffeured home in a Mercedes-Benz, thanks to a complimentary limousine service provided by the hospital for patients who are leaving on weekday mornings.
