One night earlier this month, Ms Serene Chow was rushed to Mount Alvernia Hospital with abdominal pain, only to be told that it was full.
"The nurse called other hospitals and said Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagles, too, were packed," recalled Ms Chow. Only Farrer Park Hospital had a bed for her.
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