A former nurse at Singapore General Hospital suffered a severe reaction to the Covid vaccine in March 2021 and was hospitalised for 151 days between March and October 2021, before being diagnosed with an Involuntary Movement Disorder.
She received her full monthly salary of $8,244 for that year (20212) but it was then halved for the first half of 2022, and she didn’t receive anything for the rest of the year, according to Channel NewsAsia.
Her employment with SGH was subsequently terminated in 2022.
SGH’s chief human resource officer Tan Yang Noi said on 16 January that she is welcome to “reapply to join us when she is better” and that she remains eligible for another year of medical benefits for the treatment of her condition.
She said that they are “saddened” that their former nursing colleague is going through a difficult time and they have kept in close touch with her throughout the journey and continue to do so.”
Tan said that they “value deeply every employee and had kept her in (their) employment for as long as (they) could.”
But she was eventually medically boarded out in December 2022 after being assessed to be medically unfit for her nursing duties.
Tan added that SGH welcomes her to reapply to join them when she is better.”