Subsidised patients in Sengkang General Hospital, which opened recently, recuperate in non-air-conditioned wards - a feature of a 25-year-old policy of providing quality care "without frills".
But a Straits Times commentary on the issue last week has sparked debate online and in the newspaper's Forum pages, with some arguing that patients in B2 and C-class wards should have access to air-conditioning as well.
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