Dr. Susan Lim is a very renowned doctor in Asia; she was the first to conduct a liver transplant in Asia! However, her true colours were revealed when she charged the Brunei royal family a stunning $21million dollars for her medical care. I would like to voice some opinions.
Evidence has shown that she marked up the bill issued by the specialists that help to take care of the Bruneian queen's sister from 0.9 times up to 526 times the original bill. This has really raised my concern. It seems that the Singapore bad "love money" attitude had deteriorated to such a ridiculous level! I think Dr. Susan Lim has essentially erased all her credit and fame by her silly actions.
I believe that doctors are a very sacred occupation. Doctors have the control over the well-being of people, hence they should be people of very high moral etiquette. Dr. Susan Lim, being a doctor, however, has failed miserably at showing the aspect of possessing a high moral etiquette. She has obviously taken advantage of the fact that the client was of royal background to try and acquire as much money for selfish purposes. A doctor should not be like that, in fact, as a doctor, you are sworn to place people above penny.
Benevolence should be the first priority of doctors, it is certainly disappointing to see yet another prominent figure blur the lines between the people and the penny. I thank the legal actions taken against her, especially by her own country- housekeeping. I hope and pray hard that Singapore would shift away from being such a money-oriented society.
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