"About half of
the write-off - $3.28 million - was paid to Forte Systems, an IT
company that NKF had contracted to develop software for the
Foundation.
Forte was a subsidiary of Protonweb, a telemarketing company run by
Matilda Chua Li Hoon, a former NKF director."
"Dialysis costs have been reduced from
$200 to $162 per session, with each patient getting some $1,200 in
subsidies monthly.
NKF staff numbers have also been reduced by 20% and the savings
passed on to patients.
Also, all rebates from pharmaceutical companies are now passed to
patients.
Under the old NKF management, rebates from medical suppliers were
put into the donation fund.
The new Board has stopped this practice, and the rebates now go
directly to patients to help defray their drug costs.
Hence, medication fees are lower and patients can get treatment at
more affordable prices. "
As the investigations continue, more discrepancies have been
revealed. It is heartening to hear of the good news of patients
getting more helps from NKF and more parasites have been
removed!
