Dr Desmond Wai has been offered the opportunity to be awarded the title of Gastroenterologist of the Year, but declined as he would have to pay nearly $10,000 for the award. The offer included being featured in a magazine and on social media.
Since 2020, Dr Desmond Wai has thrice been offered the opportunity to be awarded the title of Gastroenterologist of the Year. The catch? He would have to fork out nearly $10,000 for the award. Each time he was asked, Dr Wai immediately declined. The 54-year-old consultant gastroenterologist at Mount Elizabeth told The Straits Times that he was first approached by Global Health Asia Pacific (Ghapac) in 2020 with an offer of a package worth $9,800.
This package, according to a sales brochure seen by ST, included being featured on an entire single page in Ghapac’s magazine issues on “200 Best Medical Centres/Clinics in Asia” and “December/January Special Awards”, as well as promotion on its social media pages. The brochure also states that the package came with “nomination into the Medical Centre/Clinic Awards”, although Dr Wai told ST he was told in a face-to-face conversation with a Ghapac representative that he would receive the award if he purchased the packag
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