healthcare

[Healthcare] Joo Chiat residents urgently need a reverse mortgage finance facility. Me thinks that this is the best solution to balance healthcare costs for elderlies with the stratospheric property prices in Singapore. Singaporeans, led by Mah Bow Tan, have been worshiping the god of high...

Medishield life premiums now increase/ compulsory to help SG govt save money?-- (because govt medifund costs/expenses getting too high)? Currently, those over 90 years old (& those with pre-existing illnesses) are not eligible (/pay higher premiums) for medishield and so ostensibly might appeal...

Father said, No, you mustn't be a nurse Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 The Straits Times By Wong Kim Hoh SINGAPORE - It was two days to Chinese New Year. Associate Professor Lim Swee Hia had planned to be at the supermarket with her husband and young granddaughter, shopping for festive goodies and...

Singaporeans dying away from home By Andrew Loh | SingaporeScene Elderly residents wait for their turn for morning exercises at a nursing home in Singapore. (AFP) By Andrew Loh It doesn't hit home until you're standing there, eyes fixed on the old man of 87-years old. He is no longer...

Man files writ against hospital for "microchip implant" By Ng Jng Ying, TODAY | Posted: 30 June 2011 0632 hrs SINGAPORE: A Danish national has filed a writ against Alexandra Hospital (AH) for allegedly planting a microchip in him during a 1988 operation, which he claimed later caused him...