One Straits Times Facebook reader said of the subsidised hospital wards here that do not have air-conditioning: "Welcome to hell."
However, others said air-conditioning the wards would be like a frozen hell for their elderly parents, who felt cold despite burrowing into sweaters and multiple blankets.
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