All posts tagged "health"
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7.8KHeadlinesTan Tock Seng Hospital Patients at Risk of Infection as Dental Instruments were Not Properly Sterilised
The Ministry of Health has issued a press release stating that 8 packs of dental instruments that were used for patient treatment...
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2.5K1HeadlinesMOH Threatens Ban and Taxes on Sugary Drinks, Says Taxes are “Not for Revenue Generation”
The Ministry of Health has proposed new measures that will make it harder for Singaporeans to consumer sugary drinks. These new measures...
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2.1KHeadlinesComplaint: Why Do “Subsidised Patients” Need to Wait 6 Months to See a Specialist?
A Changi General Hospital patient has complained that due to his “subsidised patient” status, he has to wait 6 months to see...
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1.5KHeadlines3rd Mass Food Poisoning in Nov: 131 People Fall Ill after Eating Food from FoodTalks Caterer
131 people including kindergarten children have fallen ill after eating food prepared by FoodTalks Caterer and Manufacturer. The food-poisoning victims were attending...
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1.8KHeadlinesSingHealth Actively Pursued Medical Tourists Despite Severe Bed Crunch
Medical tourism should not come at the expense of Singapore citizens. Unfortunately, it seems that SingHealth didn’t get the message. Despite acute...
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4.9KHeadlinesSingHealth Cyber Attack: How Negligence and Bo Chup-ness Compromised Singaporeans’ Safety
What to make of the SingHealth cyber attack that saw the personal data of 1.5 million users hacked? A tale of negligence,...
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2.6KHeadlinesWoman Dies After Drinking Fruit Juice to Treat Painful Gout Condition
28-year-old Titinlismawati suffered from a gout condition which caused pain in her legs. About 6 months ago, she began drinking a fruit...
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8.3KHeadlinesGovernment IT System Screw-Up Leads to 400 Patients Receiving Wrongly Labelled Medicine
A screw-up with the GPConnect computer system over the weekend resulted in about 400 patients across 83 general practise clinics receiving wrongly...
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3.4KHeadlinesResearch Reports: Hospital Beds are Insufficient to Meet Demands of Singapore’s Growing Population
Three separate organisations have come up with research reports stating that public hospital facilities are insufficient to keep with with Singapore’s population...
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2.9KHeadlinesSeverely Disabled Seniors Denied Payouts: Doubts Cast on Intentions of ElderShield and CareShield Life Schemes
Doubts have been cast over the intentions of ElderShield and its upcoming replacement, the compulsory CareShield Life scheme, as a disability insurance...
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6.3KCow Beh Cow BuCareShield Life: Mixed Information, Dodgy Benefits, and the Perceived Foolishness of Singaporeans
ELSON: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong made 2 points in parliament yesterday – one, that you shouldn’t be surprised by the “1...
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1.7KHeadlinesNumber of Young Singaporeans Seeking Mental Health Treatment Jumps by 190 Percent
The number of young Singaporeans (16 to 30 years old) seeking mental health treatment has risen by 190 percent from 2015. The...
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1.7K2Cow Beh Cow BuCareShield Life: Singaporeans More Prone to be “Severely Disabled” than People from Other Developed Nations?
ELSON: This is what was published in the Straits Times in 2016 on the prevalence of persons in Singapore with disabilities: “The...
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8.0K1HeadlinesHealth Ministry Rejects Overseas Singaporean’s Request to Use Medisave for Hospital Bill
He has S$37,000 in his Medisave account, but Mr Mokhtar bin Rahmat can’t use any of that to pay for his wife’s...