SINGAPORE: The Health Ministry will pump in an additional S$10 million over the next five years to help needy children with healthcare costs under a new scheme called Medifund Junior.
Children below 18 will be able to tap into this fund to help defray their healthcare costs.
With this new fund, there will now be a dedicated source of financial assistance for bills incurred by sick children from needy families.
The fund will also help defray costs for needy children diagnosed with congenital or neonatal conditions before 1 March 2013.
The government will also set up a Medisave account and deposit a one-off Medisave grant of S$3,000 over two tranches for all Singapore citizens born on or after 26 August 2012.
The move is to support Singaporean families in retaining continuous MediShield protection for their newborns.
- CNA/al
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