Why Singapore has the best healthcare and the importance of being insured
Eddy Edvaldo Chua’s father was hospitalised for a heart condition and had to go for a heart bypass surgery. He recovered well for the first two days but after being transferred out to the High Dependency Ward, he suffered from a heart attack and was sent back to the ICU where he suffered another two […]
Unvaccinated to pay for treatment. Median bill for hospital stay including ICU is around $25,000 before subsidies.
If you are infected with Covid-19 and end up in the intensive care unit (ICU), you could be looking at a bill of around $25,000 if you are unvaccinated by choice. This, of course, is before subsidies. With means-testing, government subsidies, and Medishield Life coverage, the actual amount to be footed will come down significantly […]
We do not take the trust that people have in the government for granted: Lawrence Wong
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said that the government does not take the trust that people have in the government for granted. The decision to tighten restrictions temporarily was a very difficult one to make and one that the government did not make lightly. “We knew it would cause pain, frustration and anger amongst many people […]
New community care facilities to care for clinically-well COVID-19 patients who have underlying conditions
The MOH will be setting up new community care facilities to provide clinical care to COVID-19 patients who are generally clinically well but have underlying conditions that require closer monitoring of their disease course. These are those who are stable and have mild symptoms. This will help to augment our hospital capacity so that only […]
Home recovery is default care management for fully vaccinated infected individuals
Evidence shows that infected individuals who are fully vaccinated are mostly asymptomatic or showing mild symptoms. They also recover faster than unvaccinated individuals. The Ministry of Health had started the Home Recovery Pilot on 30 August for fully vaccinated individuals infected with COVID-19 and the results thus far has been positive. Under this pilot, infected […]
Living with COVID: Singapore has to find own way forward, says Lawrence Wong
Singapore is not like the US, UK or Europe. Neither are we like China and New Zealand. Singapore will have to find our own way forward based on our own circumstances, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said. Speaking to students at NTU Students’ Union Ministerial Forum on “Emerging Stronger“, Mr Wong said there are different views […]
You can take control of your life and lower your risk of vascular dementia
Dementia is like a life sentence, a silent robber, robbing you of you abilities and memories, leaving pain all around. In Singapore, the most common form of dementia is vascular dementia. Almost half (45.5%) of dementia cases in Singapore are vascular dementia. The good news is that you are not helpless against it. You can […]
Singapore Government makes advance purchase of Sotrovimab to treat COVID-19
The Singapore Government has entered into an Advanced Purchased Agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Singapore and Vir Biotechnology for a supply of sotrovimab. The agreement was announced by GlaxoSmithKline Singapore and Vir Biotechnology in a statement on 30 June 2021. Sotrovimab is an investigational single-dose monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 who do […]
Making Sinovac an available option without compromising on standards
WHO on 1 June validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Following this, the MOH said the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine can be administered in Singapore under the special access route where private healthcare institutions can apply to be licensed providers for the vaccine under this special route. Questions have been asked including why the […]
Hope for humanity: has Israel found the COVID-19 treatment?
In addition to vaccination, effective drugs to treat COVID-19 will really remove the dreaded fear of the disease and allow life to go back to normalcy. EXO-CD24 In Israel, a reportedly effective Covid-19 treatment has been approved by the Health Ministry for Phase 2/3 trial. Called EXO-CD24, the Covid-19 treatment has been tried with success […]