Healthcare

Jakarta hospitals hit by medicine shortage over unpaid debts
17 Sep 18
The city has already set up a bailout fund to help hospitals.
Japan to build AI hospitals amidst doctor shortage
17 Sep 18
It could gear up manufacturers to develop more advanced equipment.
Fullerton Healthcare Philippines secures US$40m from finance firm IFC
12 Sep 18
The investment is geared towards HMO Intellicare.
Taipei Medical University Hospital rolls out blockchain record-keeping platform
5 Sep 18
It will improve the patient referral system.
Bangkok Dusit rides Thailand's medical tourism boom
5 Sep 18
Profits are rising thanks to foreign patients.
Malaysia teams up with budget airline to boost medical tourism earnings
5 Sep 18
It’s targeting Indonesian patients.
IHH Healthcare to divest stake in Kolkata's Apollo Gleneagles Hospital
5 Sep 18
This is to comply with competition laws.
Singapore's healthcare spending boom is in sight as more hospitals open doors
5 Sep 18
Over 3,000 beds will be added in five years.
Japan eyes record budget to boost welfare spending
5 Sep 18
But the retirement age may soon be raised.
Malaysia gunning to be Asia's next fertility treatment hub
5 Sep 18
Over 20,000 IVF cycles are expected by 2020.
Healthcare spending in Singapore is shifting from hospital-building to maintenance
1 Sep 18
The Lion City has a strong pipeline of hospitals to respond to booming medical demand.
IHH Healthcare Q2 profits plunged 65.8% to $104.49m
1 Sep 18
Weaking currency hurt its profits and revenues.
Pass universal healthcare bill, Philippine lawmakers urged
22 Aug 18
The bill has been languishing for years.
TPG Capital Asia snaps up Gribbles Pathology as part of US$200m acquisition
22 Aug 18
It has 37 facilities across Malaysia.
India unveils world's largest free health insurance programme
22 Aug 18
The scheme will cover over half a billion people.
Foreign drugmakers hit pay dirt as China rolls out healthcare reforms: Fitch
22 Aug 18
Pharma sales will surge as new policies kick in.
China's Ping An Good Doctor forays into Southeast Asia with Grab
22 Aug 18
It will bring online healthcare services to the region.
Singapore government health insurance MediShield Life payouts hit $800m in 2017: PM Lee
21 Aug 18
About 200,000 Singaporeans benefited from the payouts.
Government subsidy upgrades could uplift Raffles Medical
21 Aug 18
All of its clinics are approved to provide the Community Health Assist Scheme in Singapore.
Governments rush to revamp regulations as costs rise
16 Aug 18
Asian countries are rolling out multi-pronged strategies to boost their healthcare sectors and keep attracting investments.
Malaysia's fledgeling elderly care pressured to cater to booming silver pool
16 Aug 18
Nursing homes are run mostly by charitable groups providing final stages of care to the elderlies.
Healthcare breaches top Australia data offenses in April-June
8 Aug 18
Healthcare cyberincidents beat financial and education sector offenses.
Singapore public hospitals cave under pressure of overcrowding
8 Aug 18
Average daily bed occupancy rates for public hospitals is at 85%.
UAE healthcare provider Aster pioneers Asia's new liver transplant technique in India
8 Aug 18
The new technology enables a liver to be kept alive outside of the human body.
Here's why Singapore's healthtech landscape looks promising
8 Aug 18
The country's Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 (RIE 2020) allocated $4b for R&D developments from 2016 to 2020.
Singapore secured US$16m of healthtech investments in H1 2018
8 Aug 18
It ranked next to China and India as a hotspot for healthtech investments.
IHH could pay up to $1.47b for controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare
8 Aug 18
It was chosen as the bidder to buy the controlling stake at 31.1% to 57.1%.
Raffles Medical Q2 profit rose 0.8% to $16.9m
8 Aug 18
Operating expenses increased amidst the building of the new Raffles Specialist Centre.
Muscat Private Hospital- Oman bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018
8 Aug 18
The hospital won the Patient Safety Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year.
Foreign investments to boom as China's elderly population skyrockets
25 Jul 18
Elderly population is set to hit 400 million in 2035.
Australian firms hit gold in China's US$581b aged-care market
25 Jul 18
The number of nursing homes has more than tripled.
Drug makers face revenue cuts as healthcare spending drops
25 Jul 18
But private consumption will stay strong.
Thai universal healthcare policy under threat as more budget cuts loom
25 Jul 18
Reforms may not materialise, analysts warn.
Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point
25 Jul 18
Despite accounting for 90% of the city’s patients, public hospitals only employ 40% of the SAR’s doctors.
Raffles Medical links IncomeShield policyholders to over 200 private specialists
24 Jul 18
Policyholders can now book an appointment in NTUC Income’s website.
Singaporeans' stolen SingHealth data exposed to identity and tax fraud
24 Jul 18
The SingHealth cyberattack affected over 1.5 million Singaporeans, specifically 160,000 patients.
Air pollution in West Hong Kong is still in the red
20 Jul 18
Ozone (O3) levels have hit their highest point in the twenty years.
Rapidly growing costs stunt Thailand's healthcare goals
16 Jul 18
Epidemiological changes, healthcare spending, and lack of integration persist.
Hong Kong's labour crunch hits children's hospital launch
4 Jul 18
It will only get worse, lawmakers warn.
Singapore's Fullerton Health unveils fully digitised operations
4 Jul 18
It aims to be 100% on the cloud within 3 months.

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