Consuelo Marquez

Revival of foreign patients to uplift Parkway REIT’s hospitals: analyst

Foreign patients accounted for 25% of hospitals’ revenue.

Why Singapore’s Osteopore chooses to expand in South Africa

To mark the expansion, the firm sent the first shipment of cranial regenerative implants.

When is it time to purchase pricey medical equipment? Malaysian single-specialty hospital explains

It invested nearly RM15m to provide the most advanced medical diagnostics equipment for orthopaedic care.

Tan Tock Seng Hospital develops remedy for overwhelmed hospitals

Its surgical care program via ambulatory setting cuts hospital stays from six to one day.

Using offline and online channels to counter misperceptions of hepatitis B – a ‘silent disease’ – in Singapore

Gilead Sciences’ US$1m grant will help NFDD and other community-based organisations across Asia battle public apathy towards liver disease.

Remote hospital’s ‘smart’ move to weather storms and power outages

Koh Phangan Hospital saved millions of Thai baht in maintenance expenses after switching to a smart hospital.

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.

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.

Aster DM, Intel and CARPL launch health data security platform

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

AI to early detect breast cancer installed in Bumrungrad hospital

The AI will make use of cloud-based platform Microsoft Azure.

Chinese health firms to see ‘limited impact’ from possible online drug sales rules

These firms have licences and are involved with self-operated pharmacies. 

SG's National Neuroscience Institute taps VR tech to train neurosurgeons

It aims to create over 100 virtual neurosurgeon training modules.