Nearly 4,000 new nurses will be added to Singapore’s workforce by the end of 2023: Ong Ye Kung’s The Health Minister also provided an update on median wait times at hospital emergency departments, noting that they have decreased from approximately seven hours to approximately four hours. Nearly 4,000 new nurses will be gradually recruited by …
Should Singaporeans brace themselves for a bad flu season?In the midst of warnings of a “tripledemic” in the United States and the United Kingdom, how concerned should Singaporeans be about influenza? According to Yvonne Su of Duke-NUS, now is the best time to get a flu vaccine. SINGAPORE: It’s that time of year when everyone …
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Singapore requires more doctors, but establishing a fourth medical school is not the solution. Recent reports about long wait times and foreign doctor recruitment raise the question of how Singapore can expand its healthcare workforce. Doctors Benjamin Lee and Jeremy Lim argue that a fourth medical school is not the solution. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s healthcare requirements …
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A one-year delay has been imposed on the opening of new polyclinics in both Sembawang and Khatib.Both the renovation of the Jurong Polyclinic and the construction of the new National Skin Centre building have been put on hold. The opening of the new polyclinics in Sembawang and Khatib has been pushed back by one year. …
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Local schools are Singapore’s primary pipeline for producing medical professionals; however, some foreign hires are also made to assist with patient load.Over the course of ten years, the total number of students accepted into Singapore’s medical schools rose by approximately sixty percent. Local schools are Singapore’s primary pipeline for producing medical professionals; however, some foreign …
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Changi General Hospital is developing AI-based patient deterioration prediction algorithms.The project is part of the hospital’s intelligent remote health monitoring system. As part of its smart remote health monitoring system, Changi General Hospital in Singapore is currently developing and validating AI algorithms to predict the likelihood of patient deterioration. WHAT IT CONCERNS The hospital has …
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Residents of Singapore will be encouraged to enroll with a family doctor as their primary care provider. The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Wednesday that residents will be able to enroll with a general practitioner (GP) or polyclinic doctor of their choosing as their primary care provider beginning in 2019. (Mar 9). Theresa SeahSINGAPORE: …
Mental health support and getting the elderly on a digital platform are among the concerns of MPs regarding the healthcare reform proposal. During a debate on the Healthier SG strategy, members of Parliament inquired about the number of family physicians and registered nurses required for the plan’s full implementation. Mental health support and getting the …
What You Should Know About Singapore’s New Healthcare Reform PlanThe voluntary national primary care program will be open to those aged 60 and up in the second half of 2023, before being gradually expanded to those aged 40 to 59 over the next two years. Healthier Singapore’s New Healthcare Reform Plan: What You Need to …
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