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Written by Gabriel HerveyMay 3, 2021
Innovating Healthcare
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Ask Congress to fight for accessible and inexpensive healthcare coverage for all Americans. With the assist of United Way Mumbai and companions, over 1.2 million folks have been educated with details health & fitness about Hepatitis infections, over 10,000 people have been examined, and almost 9,000 folks have been vaccinated. Let's see if this comes
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
COVID-19: Essential healthcare services to continue operating, other services to be scaled down
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SINGAPORE: All essential healthcare services will continue operating even after the enhanced safe-distancing measures requiring most workplaces to be shut kick in next Tuesday (Apr 7), the health ministry said on Saturday. All public and private acute hospitals, including offsite specialist clinics and offsite ambulatory surgical centres, as well as community hospitals, polyclinics, Public Health Preparedness
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Daughter of man who died from COVID-19 thanks Singaporeans, healthcare staff
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SINGAPORE: The daughter of a Singaporean man who died from COVID-19 has thanked those who extended their condolences to their family, and reminded Singaporeans to be socially responsible. The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday reported that a 70-year-old man died at 12.12pm from complications due to COVID-19. Advertisement Advertisement He tested positive for the infection on Mar 2
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
‘The tide is still coming in’: PM Lee says COVID-19’s impact on healthcare a ‘very big problem’
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SINGAPORE: Singapore is in a “grave situation” in terms of health and economy because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (Mar 27). Speaking at the Istana a day after Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced a supplementary Budget in response to the outbreak, Mr Lee
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
‘We are worried,’ say Indonesian healthcare workers as COVID-19 takes toll on medical system
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JAKARTA: On Saturday (Mar 21), Dr Djoko Judodjoko breathed his last in a Jakarta hospital. The 70-year-old, who had underlying health conditions, was treated for COVID-19 earlier. Advertisement Advertisement He was one of the seven doctors nationwide who contracted coronavirus and eventually passed away, according to the Indonesian Medical Association. More than 40 healthcare workers are currently being
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Commentary: Nobody expected to be the epicentre of a pandemic, so be kind to healthcare workers
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SEATTLE, Washington: Inside, as usual, patient beds are near capacity, and the emergency department is filled with not only the usual mix of patients with trauma, stroke, chest pain and other concerns, but also dozens of people worried they might have COVID-19. I am an emergency and critical care physician who cares for patients in
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Sufficient capacity in healthcare system amid COVID-19 outbreak, but Singapore cannot be complacent: Gan Kim Yong
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SINGAPORE: While Singapore has sufficient capacity in its healthcare system to handle the COVID-19 outbreak, the country cannot be complacent and needs to preserve its buffer capacity, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Wednesday (Mar 25). Addressing Singapore’s COVID-19 situation in Parliament, he said that with a significant number of imported cases from returning
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Former IHH Healthcare managing director Tan See Leng emerges as possible PAP candidate; plans support network in Marine Parade
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SINGAPORE: Former chief executive officer of IHH Healthcare Dr Tan See Leng, tipped as a candidate for the People’s Action Party (PAP) in the upcoming general election, will soon launch a new Caregiver Support Network in Marine Parade. Dr Tan started shadowing Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong in the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) shortly
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Former IHH Healthcare managing director emerges as possible PAP candidate; plans support network in Marine Parade
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SINGAPORE: Former chief executive officer of IHH Healthcare Dr Tan See Leng, tipped as a candidate for the People’s Action Party (PAP) in the upcoming general election, will soon launch a new Caregiver Support Network in Marine Parade. Dr Tan started shadowing Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong in the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) shortly
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 16, 2020
The Big Read: The untold sacrifices by frontline healthcare workers as they soldier on against COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Earlier this month, Dr Chng Woei was asked by her 24-year-old daughter if the family was not going to have dinner with the maternal grandparents until “this dies down”. “This” refers to the COVID-19 crisis which has hit every continent except Antarctica, and has earlier this week been declared a pandemic by the World
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Healthcare spending on the rise because of higher utilisation, rising manpower costs: Gan Kim Yong
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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s healthcare expenditure is set to continue to increase, largely due to the development of new facilities and the cost of running them, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in Parliament on Thursday (Mar 5). Speaking at his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate, he said that Singapore’s national health expenditure increased from S$13 billion
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Commentary: Philippines’ COVID-19 fight depends on the exploitation of healthcare workers
SINGAPORE: Much of the news on the COVID-19 pandemic has focused on government efforts to accumulate provisions needed to combat the virus: Surgical masks, protective equipment, and ventilators. Yet, in the Philippines, the nation’s stockpile apparently includes not only health supplies but health workers as well. Advertisement Advertisement Widely known as a country that “exports”