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12-Aug-18 Singapore’s biggest new hospital with 1,000 beds opened on 18-Aug-18. Sengkang General is one of a new batch of public general hospitals, following a bed-crunch in 2013-14 when patients had to be housed in corridors and converted carparks. [image: Alphonsus Chern / ST Photo]
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19-May-18 The telemedicine public-private partnership between Government of Andhra Pradesh and Apollo Hospitals has facilitated 1.9 mn consultations in 1.5 years. 1.8 mn physical OP consultations and 123,596 specialist tele-consultations took place as part of the programme. [image: Reuters]
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16-Mar-18 A consortium consisting of Ssangyong, Daewoo, and Koh Brothers has won the Singaporean USD740 mn Woodlands Health Campus project. The 'smart hospital' will be the first of its kind in Singapore and will offer 1,800-beds. [image: Business Korea]
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19-Jan-18 There is an urgent need to strengthen medical insurance coverage, and strengthen primary healthcare platforms, as well as secondary and tertiary care, private players in India have said ahead of the upcoming Union Budget 2018-19. [image: ET Healthworld]
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26-Dec-18 Taiwan is proof a country can make huge changes to its healthcare system. From 1995, with only five years of planning and two years of legislative efforts it had completed the transformation to a single-payer system. [image: David Chang / European Pressphoto Agency]
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