Poor Conditions At Covid-19 Facility Resolved Weeks Ago

Ministries say they have already inspected AMK care facility slammed in Facebook post for ‘dire conditions’

- Ang Qing

Most issues arising from poor conditions at a Covid-19 community care facility (CCF) in Ang Mo Kio had been resolved several weeks before a Facebook post slammed the “dire conditions” there, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM).

In response to queries from The Straits Times, the ministries said yesterday that “the well-being of our migrant workers is important to us” and that they had recently inspected the facility at the former Ang Mo Kio Institute of Technical Education.

The rooms had basic amenities and were generally clean at the time of inspection, said the ministries. MOH said it would work with the managing agent to provide more amenities and improve communication with residents.

On Saturday, Facebook user Min Chan wrote that her friend, a work permit holder who has lived and worked here for eight years, was told to quarantine at the facility when he tested positive for Covid-19.