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India-based ASG Eye Hospitals bags $189m funding

The transaction paves the way for an exit for one of the hospital chain’s investors.

Raffles Medical H1 profit surges 54.4% 

Patient numbers had increased on the back of recovering medical tourism.

Fullerton Health reaches settlement with directors

The settlement will allow Fullerton to complete a proposed merger.

Singapore has a ratio of 1 hospital for more than 220,000 Singaporeans

It has the lowest hospital versus population ratio amongst 33 developed countries.

Japan tops global survey for most number of hospitals

 Thirty-three of the most developed countries were part of the survey.

Apollo Hospitals integrates digital health tool in cardiovascular risk tool

This allows the tools to provide health assessments continuously at home.

ALTY launches orthopaedic hospital in Kuala Lumpur

The hospital is a joint effort between TE Asia Healthcare and a group of surgeons.

J&J, A*Star invest $15m for eye health digital innovation consortium

The consortium will create projects for trusted data access in eye care.

Lenovo, India research institute speed up cancer research via genetic analysis tool

A high-performance computing tool will address demanding genomics workloads.

China's medical devices sales seen to exceed $42b in 2022

Its sales went up due to strong domestic demand.

Raffles Medical Group to see a 10% decline in H122 net profit: forecast

This is on the back of expected lower revenue from the hospital's COVID-19 services.

HK requires tracking bracelets for home quarantined individuals

Quarantined residents will have to wear the bracelets starting 15 July.

TTSH, ASUS build new AI tool for quick diagnosis of blood disorders

The two institutions partnered to speed up AI solutions for clinical treatment. 

PCR test to spot monkeypox in SEA launched at iGene Laboratory

Results can be out within four hours of sample processing.

South Korea eyes ramping up COVID-19 treatment centers to 10,000

The “one-stop” centre provides testing and medical care services.

Aster DM, Intel and CARPL launch health data security platform

Aster DM Healthcare, Intel Corporation, and CARPL worked on the platform.