May 2011
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan had announced in Parliament last Friday that Jurong General Hospital would be renamed Ng Teng Fong Hospital, after the family of the late property tycoon donated $125 million to the hospital.
Slated to open in 2014, the hospital is fully funded by the Government but private donations provide additional assistance to needy patients, among other services.
The name change prompted our reader Andy Lim to write in to The Straits Times Forum earlier this week, asking if it was appropriate to name a public hospital after its largest donor, and proposing that the hospital be renamed after the man credited with the transformation of Jurong - Dr Goh Keng Swee - instead.
http://www.straitstimes.com/print/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_644331.html
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan had announced in Parliament last Friday that Jurong General Hospital would be renamed Ng Teng Fong Hospital, after the family of the late property tycoon donated $125 million to the hospital.
Slated to open in 2014, the hospital is fully funded by the Government but private donations provide additional assistance to needy patients, among other services.
The name change prompted our reader Andy Lim to write in to The Straits Times Forum earlier this week, asking if it was appropriate to name a public hospital after its largest donor, and proposing that the hospital be renamed after the man credited with the transformation of Jurong - Dr Goh Keng Swee - instead.
http://www.straitstimes.com/print/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_644331.html