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More healthcare staff facing abuse: 'I hope your parents die,' patient's son tells S'pore hospital worker
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There have been over 70 physical and 120 verbal abuse cases reported at NUH in the first 10 months of 2021.
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SINGAPORE - When a patient's son cursed her parents to die, Ms Ng, a patient relations officer at the National University Hospital (NUH), was shocked.
Recounting the incident that happened a couple of months ago, the front-line worker, who wanted to be known only as Ms Ng, told The Sunday Times she was on a call with the patient's son and two other colleagues to resolve a compensation issue.
