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SINGAPORE: Needy Singaporeans received nearly $ 150 million from the Medical Endowment Fund (MediFund) last fiscal year, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (November 29th).
MediFund provided a total of 149.8 million Singaporean dollars to approximately 1.18 million requests for assistance for health care bills during the 2017 fiscal year, from April 1, 2017 to March 31 2018.
The fund helps Singaporean patients in need, unable to pay their medical bills, after government grants, MediShield Life and MediSave.
"MediFund ensures that no Singaporean is denied proper medical care because of its inability to pay," said the Ministry of Health.
The amount disbursed last year was slightly higher than the amount of 143.9 million Singaporean dollars paid the previous year. The number of applications approved by MediFund has also increased by 3.8%, compared to about 1.14 million in fiscal 2016.
On average, the amount of assistance provided by MediFund was S $ 953 per hospital treatment and S $ 85 per outpatient treatment, the Ministry of Health said.
More financial assistance was provided to people in need of long-term care, which increased from A $ 25.1 million in FY 2016 to A $ 29.8 million a year. latest.
"The rise is due to the increase in the number of institutions and dating, resulting from the Ministry of Health's efforts to provide patients with better access to community care," the ministry said.
In fiscal 2017, 500 million Singaporean dollars were injected into MediFund, bringing its total capital to 4.5 billion Singapore dollars.
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