SINGAPORE – National Skin Centre (NSC) launched its patient health portal – the first of its kind in Singapore and possibly Asia – this morning at its premises in Mandalay Road.
The online system allows patients to access various components of their medical records at NSC, such as their diagnosis, prescribed medication, and the procedures they [...]
A NEW six-in-one vaccine introduced by the Health Ministry yesterday aims to make the immunisation of newborns to infants who are six months old more convenient.
The new vaccine, launched at yesterday’s event to mark Vaccination Week 2012, replaces the old way of inoculating, wherein newborns and infants up until the age of six months have [...]
THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has announced that it will be making radical changes to the registration of medical devices here.
This follows a flood of feedback from doctors and importers about new rules for registration.
The rules, which came into effect earlier this year, required the industry to register all medical devices brought into the country.
Doctors [...]
LUCKNOW, India – Faculty members at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences want their retirement age to be increased from the present 62 years to 65 years. This, they see as an answer to the shortage of work force in the institution. Making a ‘request’ to this effect before chief secretary Jawed Usmani [...]
KANPUR, India – Talking about the newest cardiac surgeries, Dr Ashok Seth, interventional cardiologist, Escorts Hospital, New Delhi, said that ‘TAVI’, the trans-catheter implantation of prosthetic aortic valves is expanding in the world.
However, being on the stage of experiment and highly expensive, it is not much adopted in India.
“This is a technology in the early [...]
SEOUL – The South Korean government is mulling the introduction of a system that aims to reduce suicides among elderly who live alone, local media reported recently.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is actively reviewing measures to detect senior citizens with high suicide probability in advance and look after them, Yonhap news agency reported, citing [...]
BEIJING, China – China’s Ministry of Health reported Monday that its 2012 budget will amount to 80 billion yuan ($12.69 billion), showing a year-on-year increase of 13.3 billion yuan.
According to a statement released by the ministry, the extra money will be mainly used in medical services, education and scientific research.
Medical services will get the lion’s [...]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy is sending the USNS Mercy, one of its two medical ships, on a goodwill mission to Southeast Asia next month, seeking to build partnership with regional militaries.
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship will leave its San Diego homeport on May 1, to begin Pacific Partnership 2012 to strengthen regional relationships [...]
SINGAPORE – Next year, the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will see a new building for medical education and research on its premises.
Coined The Academia, the twin-tower facility – consisting of the Diagnostic and Discovery towers – will span 75,000 sq m and cost $360 million.
Public health group Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) held a topping-out ceremony [...]
SINGAPORE -The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has announced that it will be making radical changes to the registration of medical devices here.
This follows a flood of feedback from doctors and importers about new rules for registration.
The rules, which came into effect earlier this year, required the industry to register all medical devices brought into the [...]
