Ren Ci Hospital
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| Ren Ci Hospital | |
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| Ren Chi Hospitals | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°19′34″N 103°51′03″E / 1.326062°N 103.850967°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Community hospital |
| Religious affiliation | Buddhist |
| History | |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Singapore |
Ren Ci Hospital (
The hospital's CEO Shi Ming Yi performed stunts to help the patients to raise funds in the annual charity programme on Channel U since the first charity programme started in 2003.
Loh Kum Mow, a Singapore millionaire who died in December 2016 at the age of 89, divided his fortune in four. After his death he bequeathed large sums of money to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities, Ren Ci Hospital and Bo Tien Welfare Services Society. Ren Ci Hospital received close to S$840,000.[2]
Incident
In 2007, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the hospital is under investigation for 'possible irregularities in certain financial transactions'.[3] An audit found that the charity had made interest-free loans amounting to a few million dollars to various companies since 1996. There were discrepancies between what the charity recorded it lent and what the companies involved recorded as having borrowed. As the charity's Institute of Public Character (IPC) status was due to expire during investigation, it was not renewed.[4] It regained its IPC status on 5 August 2008.
In 2009, Ming Yi was convicted on four charges for misappropriating Ren Ci funds, making unauthorized loans and giving false information to the Commissioner for Charities.[5]
References
- ^ "Organisation Structure". Ren Ci Hospital. Ren Ci Hospital. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ "'Stingy' millionaire donates S$3.35 million from S$20 million fortune to charity after his death". TODAYonline.
- ^ Chong, Chee Kin. "10 Charges against Ming Yi". Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- Channel NewsAsia. 7 November 2007. Archived from the originalon 19 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ChannelNewsAsia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
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