1. A Place to Die.
- Subjects
HOSPICE care ,PLACE of death ,TERMINALLY ill ,SINGAPOREANS ,SAGO Lane (Singapore) ,MOURNING customs - Abstract
The article focuses on the sick receiving homes also known as dying houses located at Sago Lane in the Chinatown of Singapore. It mentions that dying patients are housed at the sick receiving homes wherein they are provided with a bed and a funeral as they die. Moreover, it states that the idea of establishing the sick receiving homes was introduced by a Singapore Chinese who observed that poorer Singapore Chinese individuals place the coffins at the sidewalks for mourning.
- Published
- 1958