No one will be denied medical treatment: Gan
He pledges to keep costs manageable
ST Online 19 Mar 2012
The Government intends to keep health-care costs manageable and nobody in need will be denied medical treatment, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Sunday.
His pledge, coming after his ministry announced plans recently to double its yearly health-care spending to $8 billion over the next five years, was made at a dialogue in which participants continued to express worries about health care.
Among other things, they cited their concerns over rising subsidised consultation fees at public hospitals and the prices of quality medicine.
Mr Gan said that Singaporeans can expect health-care costs to keep rising, especially if patients want better outcomes from newer technology.
No one will be denied, yes but Kim Yong did not say how much will there charge you? Nor what kind of service they are going to give you.
Also he did not mention how long will you have to wait for your treatment at public hospital? In fact I think they hope you will die first so they don’t have to treat you but hey they DID NOT deny you treatment you just die while waiting for it.
To me this is just another story the Elites came up to pacify the peasants.
For years we are facing with rising medical cost and shortage of class C hospital beds. Why? Because our medical system has turns into a profit making one.
Yes Kim Yong may be right that no one will be denied medical treatment but he did not mention what kind of treatment you will be receiving and how long you need to wait to be treated and what is the cost.
In Singapore the more you pay the faster and better service you get and if you are the Elite you can jolly well afford to go to a private hospital and get your heart by-pass done the next day while the men on the street has to wait 4 hours at the polyclinics just to get to see a doctor.
In fact Kim Young is telling you directly that you have to pay more to get good service in the above articles
Don’t give me crap that this cannot be done, I personally experience cheap, good, efficient treatment in Taiwan and to be honest I was pleasantly surprised.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wayang again?
Check out the differences between the Hand Washing Steps recommended by Singapore and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Singapore recommends the 7 steps technique and it ends with “rinse and dry thoroughly”.
WHO specify after the soaping, you rinse your hand in running water (Step 8 Blue), dry with a single use paper towel (Step 9 Blue) and use the towel to turn off the faucet (Step 10 Blue).
I don’t know about you, but I suspect Singapore deliberate left out the last 3 crucial parts.
Why? Firstly almost all faucet in public toilets are either those “push button” type or if you are lucky those infra-red sensor type.
If you get those infra-red sensor type faucet and you Step 10 of WHO recommendation is no necessary.
HOWEVER, if you got those push button type then you know these stupid faucet sometime only allow water to run from 0.01s – 5s with each push. So you have to keep pressing the damn button with you WASHED hands to keep the water running. So you have washed you hands for nothing.
Also note WHO states to dry you hand with a disposable towel, as it has been shown that the use of a towel is a necessary part of effective contaminant removal, since the washing action separates the contaminants from the skin but does not completely flush them from the skin - removing the excess water (with the towel) also removes the suspended contaminants.
When you look at the pubic toilets in Singaore we don’t see many that provide disposable towels. Most only has those hot air blower which studies has shows are a hotbed for bacterials since it is warm in a moist enviroment.
Hand washing promotion? Some even go as far as to give out a car to encourage people to wash their hands but are we just have the habit of doing it half way?
WHO specify after the soaping, you rinse your hand in running water (Step 8 Blue), dry with a single use paper towel (Step 9 Blue) and use the towel to turn off the faucet (Step 10 Blue).
I don’t know about you, but I suspect Singapore deliberate left out the last 3 crucial parts.
Why? Firstly almost all faucet in public toilets are either those “push button” type or if you are lucky those infra-red sensor type.
If you get those infra-red sensor type faucet and you Step 10 of WHO recommendation is no necessary.
HOWEVER, if you got those push button type then you know these stupid faucet sometime only allow water to run from 0.01s – 5s with each push. So you have to keep pressing the damn button with you WASHED hands to keep the water running. So you have washed you hands for nothing.
Also note WHO states to dry you hand with a disposable towel, as it has been shown that the use of a towel is a necessary part of effective contaminant removal, since the washing action separates the contaminants from the skin but does not completely flush them from the skin - removing the excess water (with the towel) also removes the suspended contaminants.
When you look at the pubic toilets in Singaore we don’t see many that provide disposable towels. Most only has those hot air blower which studies has shows are a hotbed for bacterials since it is warm in a moist enviroment.
Hand washing promotion? Some even go as far as to give out a car to encourage people to wash their hands but are we just have the habit of doing it half way?
Friday, April 11, 2008
Stem cell for rich babies.
SINGAPORE : CordLife has opened Southeast Asia's largest cord blood bank in Singapore.
CNA 10 April 2008
Located at the Singapore Science Park, the new facility boasts bigger laboratories and features the latest technology dealing with cord blood processing and storage.
A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use.
As of April 2008, over 13,000 families have signed up with CordLife, which expects to give better service with its bigger labs.
The company has also launched its "CordLife Cares" programme to provide needy families the option of private cord blood banking and access to stem cells without the waiting time and high cost.
The programme is open to residents delivering their babies in Singapore, but they must first meet the selection criteria. "
(Firstly), a combined family income of not more than S$2,000, and secondly, the ability to demonstrate that there is a medical need," said Steven Fang, Group CEO, CordLife. - CNA /ls
Singapore are offering its citizen a facilities to store cord blood, the catch is ,only if you can afford it.
According to Wikipedia :
“Public cord blood banking is strongly supported by the medical community. However, private cord blood banking is generally not recommended unless there is a family history of specific genetic diseases. Private banking is unlawful in France and Italy, and opposed by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.”
I totally agreed with the law in France and Italy.
No doubt that cord blood are important and I think the Singapore government should set up a good public cord blood bank which will use to treat whoever who need it.
Rich or poor, all should benefit.
Instead our government are encouraging companies to set up private cord blood banking here.
No doubt is to earn money.
ColdLife is trying to convince themselves that they are doing some sort of community services by launching its “CordLift Cares” program to help the needy.
The catch is your whole family must earn less then $2000 and you still must show them you are sick.
So those familes who earn $2001 or $2500 per month you can go fly kites of you can PAY Cordlife to store your babies cord blood for you.
“CordLife offers different payment plans to better meet the needs of expectant parents:
One time payment of $1,400* upon registration. Annual storage fee of $250 (payable from 2nd year onwards)”
Yet another reason why the rich are living longer then the poor in Singapore. Sad.
CNA 10 April 2008
Located at the Singapore Science Park, the new facility boasts bigger laboratories and features the latest technology dealing with cord blood processing and storage.
A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use.
As of April 2008, over 13,000 families have signed up with CordLife, which expects to give better service with its bigger labs.
The company has also launched its "CordLife Cares" programme to provide needy families the option of private cord blood banking and access to stem cells without the waiting time and high cost.
The programme is open to residents delivering their babies in Singapore, but they must first meet the selection criteria. "
(Firstly), a combined family income of not more than S$2,000, and secondly, the ability to demonstrate that there is a medical need," said Steven Fang, Group CEO, CordLife. - CNA /ls
Singapore are offering its citizen a facilities to store cord blood, the catch is ,only if you can afford it.
According to Wikipedia :
“Public cord blood banking is strongly supported by the medical community. However, private cord blood banking is generally not recommended unless there is a family history of specific genetic diseases. Private banking is unlawful in France and Italy, and opposed by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.”
I totally agreed with the law in France and Italy.
No doubt that cord blood are important and I think the Singapore government should set up a good public cord blood bank which will use to treat whoever who need it.
Rich or poor, all should benefit.
Instead our government are encouraging companies to set up private cord blood banking here.
No doubt is to earn money.
ColdLife is trying to convince themselves that they are doing some sort of community services by launching its “CordLift Cares” program to help the needy.
The catch is your whole family must earn less then $2000 and you still must show them you are sick.
So those familes who earn $2001 or $2500 per month you can go fly kites of you can PAY Cordlife to store your babies cord blood for you.
“CordLife offers different payment plans to better meet the needs of expectant parents:
One time payment of $1,400* upon registration. Annual storage fee of $250 (payable from 2nd year onwards)”
Yet another reason why the rich are living longer then the poor in Singapore. Sad.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Cosmetic Solution
We all know how notorious the waiting times are at Singapore Polyclinics.
They acknowledged it and instead of tackling the root cause by introducing more staff to speed up the diagnosis times, they decided to add in cameras at waiting area.
http://polyclinic.singhealth.com.sg/OurServices/Queue/
This way you could go online and choose to check on the waiting time before you decide where and when you want to go down to you “friendly” polyclinics.
Firstly, most people who visit polyclinics are the older and the poor Singaporeans.
Do you think the majority of them are internet savvy?
Secondly, I don’t need to go to the web to find out that queue are the polyclinics are long.
What a waste of tax payer money again this time….must be another scholar’s project.
They acknowledged it and instead of tackling the root cause by introducing more staff to speed up the diagnosis times, they decided to add in cameras at waiting area.
http://polyclinic.singhealth.com.sg/OurServices/Queue/
This way you could go online and choose to check on the waiting time before you decide where and when you want to go down to you “friendly” polyclinics.
Firstly, most people who visit polyclinics are the older and the poor Singaporeans.
Do you think the majority of them are internet savvy?
Secondly, I don’t need to go to the web to find out that queue are the polyclinics are long.
What a waste of tax payer money again this time….must be another scholar’s project.
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