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Work accidents now painful for Singapore PRs

Singapore public hospitals in the past did not have a policy of not allowing subsidies when an injured worker, such as a Malaysian permanent resident (PR), is hospitalised in a subsidised ward.

Somewhere along the line, the policy changed to deny subsidies for industrial accidents, resulting in workers having to bear huge medical expenses in excess of the S$25,000 (RM59,728) cap that employers in Singapore are responsible for.

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