Infant dies in the arms of a mother on a 6-hour bus ride to hospital in Sawarak’s state capital

KUCHING, MALAYSIA — Unlike Lumpurians who enjoy abundant resources and healthcare facilities…

Suffering from severe myopia of -30.00 dioptre , Wuhan woman was forced to have her eyeball removed

WUHAN, CHINA — With severe short-sightedness of -30.00 dioptre (or 3,000 degree),…

Paul Tambyah: Not appropriate to fund treatment of rare diseases through crowd-funding or charity funds

SINGAPORE — Dr Paul Ananth Tambyah says that it is not appropriate…

MOH maintains the question of whether to support expensive treatments for rare diseases when efficacy is uncertain

SINGAPORE — “There remains the broader question as to whether the Government…

S’pore ranked last among 33 developed nations with 220k residents per hospital while S.Korea has 12.4k per hospital

Radar Healthcare, a UK company involved with safety in healthcare, published a survey in…

Indonesia’s FDA finds two companies using chemicals beyond daily limits amid mysterious trend of kids dying from acute kidney failure

INDONESIA — The Food and Drugs Supervisory Body (BPOM) announced that two…

Hospital beds crunch due to COVID or just poor planning by Singapore authorities?

In an opinion piece by Salma Khalik, Straits Times’ health correspondent, it is highlighted…

MOHH declines to comment if it would expand on recruitment of Singaporean doctors trained overseas

Last week, TOC published a news article highlighting that the Singapore’s Ministry…

Sharp increase in Singapore’s COVID-19 cases driven by new “Centaurus” variant

Yesterday (30 Sep 2022), Singapore’s Health Ministry (MOH) reported a 35% to 40%…

Singapore’s MOH looking for recruitment agency to help recruit 240 doctors from India

The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) through its company, MOH Holdings Pte…