Janil Puthucheary

Singapore polyclinics will reserve slots for urgent walk-in patients and elderly amid online booking challenges

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Senior Minister of State for Health, Dr. Janil Puthucheary, assures Members of Parliament that Polyclinics will allocate slots for walk-in patients with urgent medical needs and elderly patients with mobility issues as several MPs addressed the Minister with supplementary questions during the parliamentary session on Tuesday (4 July), highlighting feedback from residents, particularly seniors, who encountered challenges while attempting to book appointments online.

Microsoft Azure outage had “limited impact on Singapore Government services”, said Dr Janil Puthucheary

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The recent service degradation at a Microsoft datacenter that occurred two weeks ago had a limited impact on Singapore Government services, according to Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information. He stated that prior to this incident, cloud service providers had been able to meet the government’s requirement to be available … Read more

Why can’t Singapore’s sole Olympics Gold medalist be granted further deferment or full exemption of NS?

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Earlier on Tuesday (3 Aug), TODAY published a commentary piece penned by former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Eugene Tan Kheng Boon which called into question young Olympian Joseph Schooling’s long-term National Service (NS) deferment. In his piece, Mr Tan, an Associate Professor of Law at Singapore Management University and was a team manager of … Read more

Exempting WEF delegates from SHN is a slap in the face for the sacrifices that Singaporeans have made

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Senior Minister of State for Health, Janil Puthucheary (Puthucheary), has revealed in Parliament on Tuesday (16 Feb), that Singapore will not require those attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) special annual meeting in August 2021 which will be held in Singapore (as opposed to Davos where it is normally held amid Coronovirus fears) to serve … Read more

Four individuals who developed severe allergic reactions after receiving COVID-19 vaccine have recovered, none needed ICU support: Senior Minister Janil Puthucheary

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The four individuals who were found to have rapidly developed severe allergic reactions after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have recovered, with none of them needing intensive care unit (ICU) support, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (1 February). Responding to questions from several Members of Parliament (MPs) about … Read more

No evidence of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine contributing to increased death risk among elderly: Senior Minister Janil Puthucheary

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There is no evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine contributes to an increased risk of death among the elderly, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (1 February). Responding to questions from several Members of Parliament (MPs) today, Dr Janil said that the Health Ministry, the Health Sciences Authority … Read more

It is up to PAP to decide if S’pore is ready to have non-Chinese PM, not the people: WP’s Yee Jenn Jong

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It will be up to Singaporeans to decide on whether the country is ready to have a non-Chinese Prime Minister and two-party political system, said Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health Janil Puthucheary at an Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) panel on Monday (25 Jan). Dr Puthucheary was speaking in the … Read more

Is it PAP that is not ready for a non-Chinese leader as opposed to Singaporeans?

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Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health, Janil Puthucheary (Puthucheary) has said that it will be up to the people of Singapore to decide if the country can have a non-Chinese Prime Minister. However, is this statement perhaps a tad too simplistic? The History behind this train of thought The past two … Read more

S’poreans to decide on whether the nation ready to have non-Chinese PM, two-party political system: Senior Minister Janil Puthucheary

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It will be up to Singaporeans to decide on whether the country is ready to have a non-Chinese Prime Minister and two-party political system, said Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health Janil Puthucheary at an Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) panel on Monday (25 January). Dr Puthucheary was speaking in the … Read more