Emeritus Law Prof Tan the same
sent to Ttsh then mati.
Accident side just nearby Mt Alvernia Hosp.
https://mothership.sg/2023/07/upper-thomson-road-accident-killed/
In Singapore, when you call SCDF 995, the ambulance will almost always send the patient to a public restructured hospital, not a private hospital, even if a private hospital is nearer.
How SCDF decides where to send the patient
SCDF follows a public healthcare–based protocol:
Default destination: Nearest appropriate public hospital (e.g. SGH, NUH, TTSH, CGH, KTPH, etc.)
Decision is based on:
Type and severity of emergency
Availability of required services (A&E, ICU, stroke unit, cath lab, trauma team)
Bed and capability status of public hospitals
Private hospitals – key points

SCDF does NOT routinely convey patients to private hospitals

Even if Mount Elizabeth / Gleneagles / Parkway East is closer, SCDF will still go to a public hospital

SCDF ambulances are integrated with public hospital emergency systems, not private ones
Rare exceptions (uncommon)
A private hospital may be considered only if:
It is part of a special arrangement or trial (very limited)
OR the ambulance is not SCDF (e.g. private ambulance service)
OR the patient is already inside a private hospital compound