Healthcare

SingHealth and St Luke’s ElderCare ink MoU to boost community health

SingHealth and St Luke’s ElderCare ink MoU to boost community health

Key collaboration areas include care coordination and transitions, capability building, and programming.

NUH develops AI tool to accelerate lumbar spinal stenosis diagnosis

The tech has been trialled in over 50 patients since June.

Q&M Dental to acquire Veritas Dental Clinic for $800,000

Q&M has also advanced a deposit of $125,000 to Veritas.

Singaporeans can’t afford testing for dementia

Over 1 in 3 indicated fear as a reason for not getting tested.

Cordlife Group faces operational limits until January 2025

It expects a continued negative financial impact for 2024.

NNI, IMH ink MOU to strengthen neuroscience and psychiatry partnership

This aims to leverage their commonalities and complementary strengths for the public. 

ST Engineering and Philips team up for digital health solutions

Hospital systems driving similar remote services can expect to reduce length of stay by more than 20%.

Singapore General Hospital names new CEO

Associate Professor Tan Hiang Khoon will succeed Professor Kenneth Kwek in the role. 

Cordlife to resume cord blood banking in 'controlled manner'

It can only collect 30 units per month of new cord blood.

Half of middle-aged S’poreans seek healthcare integration and convenience

Challenges raised include long wait times and affordability.

HSA revokes licence of retailer for e-vaporiser violations

It seized over 120 e-vaporisers from the retailers.

Nanjing Xinjiekou halts plan to buy remaining Cordlife shares

The company is under investigation by the Ministry of Health.

Pasture Holdings’ earnings rebound in FY 2024

The company has rebounded from a net loss of US$1.3m to a net profit of US$0.6m.