TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua
Retired army officer Ervine Miranda, 59, was warded at the National University Hospital (NUH)
on May 28 last year for the amputation of four toes on his right leg and for cataract surgery.
He ended up staying there for eight months. When NUH discharged him on Jan 6, saying he was
fit enough to return home, he was furious. The hospital said he was a challenging patient to care
for as he had verbally abused medical staff and thrown things at them. But the divorc¨¦, who lives
alone in a three-room HDB flat in Ghim Moh after his wife left with their two children, said he
wanted to remain hospitalised because he was an amputee.
He said: ˇ°Obviously, it is not convenient for me to move around, let alone take care of myself.ˇ±
Read the full report in The New Paper on Saturday (March 15).
