Healthcare

Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point

Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point

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

Policyholders can now book an appointment in NTUC Income’s website.

Singaporeans' stolen SingHealth data exposed to identity and tax fraud

The SingHealth cyberattack affected over 1.5 million Singaporeans, specifically 160,000 patients.

Air pollution in West Hong Kong is still in the red

Ozone (O3) levels have hit their highest point in the twenty years.

Rapidly growing costs stunt Thailand's healthcare goals

Epidemiological changes, healthcare spending, and lack of integration persist.

Upgrading IT services top priority of healthcare leaders: survey

Better data leads to improved care, respondents say.

Cambodia's universal healthcare programme crippled by lack of funds

The country cannot rely on foreign aid nor its national revenues to sustain the programme.

Hong Kong medical inflation to hit 8.4% in 2018

Diagnostics for cancer-related illnesses are pushing costs up.

Union Hospital-China bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018

The hospital won the Facilities Improvement Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year

Alibaba sells medical assets to Hong Kong arm for $10.6b

Alibaba Health Information Technology will control the Tmall and adult products business.