ONG is shocked at the bill for the delivery of his third child recently.

He says that his wife delivered their third child at Sunway Medical Centre and was discharged on June 22.
During the discharge, he was shocked when shown the bill that came up to RM6,300.

"Both my two older children were also born at this hospital," says Ong. "The total delivery charges for both was not as high."

As his wife was discharged at about 7pm, the cashier at the hospital told him that any request for a discount
could not be entertained then as it would need to be checked against senior staff during office hours.

As such, the cashier advised Ong to pay the full amount and write in an appeal to the hospital for a discount.

Ong says he wrote the appeal letter the next day, but has not got any response so far.

He also said he made several calls to the hospital to check on his appeal but the person in charge always
seemed to be "out".

Ong wonders just how long it will take for a response to his appeal.