ST LUKE’S HOSPITAL FLAG DAY
By Gene Huang

St Luke’s Hospital has a Patient Welfare Fund to help those who are ineligible for Public Assistance but with genuine financial problems.  In order to have funds to help the needy, the hospital organized a Flag Day on 23 April 2005.

Often we have been approached on Flag Days for donation.  This time round, we were approaching strangers for donation and being turned down by countless passers-by was indeed a new experience for some of us. Despite all the rejections, we were heartened by some generous strangers who came forward to drop some dollar notes to our collection pockets.

Rohayah and William Tan were stationed at the Yishun collection centre with the hospital staff to distribute and collect the donation bags from the volunteers. Ryan Sun, Thomas Tsang & family, Robert Ang & daughter, Sally Ong and myself tried our luck at the Chinatown and Woodlands areas.

We were pleased to have participated in the event even though our help might not be significant but it was a unique learning experience. We are looking forward to continue our support in St Luke’s Hospital Flag Day in the coming years.

Thomas Tsang, our Deputy GM, collecting his first donation drop of the day.	Sally Ong (Operations Executive) double-team up with Thomas’s son
Gene Huang, FM of St.Luke Hospital (left) and Ryan Sun, GM (right) reaching out to passerby for donations.