In 2016, a 21 years old girl from Singapore fell into a coma and was admitted to Singapore hospital. Diagnosed with acute hepatitis, her parents had to contempt with the reality that their beloved needed no less than a liver transplant to improve her condition.

The family was hit with a whopping RM1.5 million bills to proceed with the procedure. That’s not the amount they could come up with in such a short notice. They went for the fundraising route but before they could even raise RM300k just for the deposit, 2 weeks later the girl was fated to meet her maker on the 25th of February.

The heart-breaking had shed tears of many. Just why, one had to suffer and only begin to fund raising when the urgency is already reaching critical level? This thought was a genuine curiosity of Gideon Leong, who later founded GatherCare (previously known as Life Engineering).

At this point, he realised that the episode was too painful to befall another soul, and something had to be done. Gideon went on to devise a plan. He worked with his manager, Chun Sian on the drawing board, perfecting the concept for three years before a medical cost crowd sharing platform was born. GatherCare, a brainchild of Gideon and his like-minded partners was launched on March 2017 as a true crowd sharing platform aimed simplify seeking medical help with the most convenient way possible.