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China's Ping An Good Doctor forays into Southeast Asia with Grab
China's Ping An Good Doctor forays into Southeast Asia with Grab
It will bring online healthcare services to the region.
Singapore government health insurance MediShield Life payouts hit $800m in 2017: PM Lee
About 200,000 Singaporeans benefited from the payouts.
Government subsidy upgrades could uplift Raffles Medical
All of its clinics are approved to provide the Community Health Assist Scheme in Singapore.
Governments rush to revamp regulations as costs rise
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
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
Healthcare cyberincidents beat financial and education sector offenses.
Singapore public hospitals cave under pressure of overcrowding
Average daily bed occupancy rates for public hospitals is at 85%.
UAE healthcare provider Aster pioneers Asia's new liver transplant technique in India
The new technology enables a liver to be kept alive outside of the human body.
Here's why Singapore's healthtech landscape looks promising
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
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
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
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
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
Elderly population is set to hit 400 million in 2035.
Australian firms hit gold in China's US$581b aged-care market
The number of nursing homes has more than tripled.
Drug makers face revenue cuts as healthcare spending drops
But private consumption will stay strong.
Thai universal healthcare policy under threat as more budget cuts loom
Reforms may not materialise, analysts warn.
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