Local influencer Melissa Koh, whose 21-month-old son Asher died in early April, has disclosed that his hospital bills amounted to about...
“We were expecting him to come off Ecmo sooner, but he couldn’t,” she said. “Additionally, we have outstanding bills from the second and third admission last year, which amounts to just under 200k.”
Koh said Asher was not able to get insured as he was born with a congenital heart issue, and that maternity insurance would not cover hospital stays or his conditions.“His principal doctor who had seen him through the first three heart surgeries practises there and we are most confident with Asher being under his primary care,” she wrote. “His life was hanging by a thread and we couldn’t bring ourselves to allow ‘costs’ to cloud our judgment as to where to send him.
She said in another Instagram Story that she and her husband are also thankful for the condolence money collected. “The monies will go towards paying for the wake and funeral, and the excess to the hospital bills,” she wrote, adding that they will not be fund-raising or asking for any further donations.
“Please support us through other means instead,” she said. “We’ll be working our hardest to pay the bills over the years and we’re thankful for any work opportunities that come our way.”
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