Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The health care subsidy system is being revamped to ensure that those most in need of financial assistance get it the most. This comes with increased consumption of healthcare services as the population ages and Singapore seeks to strengthen its healthcare system. The government’s share of health …

[ad_1] KALIMANTAN CENTRAL: He started illegally felling trees when he was 13 or 14 years old, after finishing elementary school. Alianur, a native of central Kalimantan, had to help his parents, so he accompanied his father on trips despite the risk of being caught by the forest police. The walks …

[ad_1] CANBERRA: Australia asked the European Commission to review a decision by Italy to block a shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, while emphasizing on Friday (March 5) that the missing doses would not affect the launch of the inoculation program of Australia. Italy, with the support of the …

[ad_1] Tsunami warnings were lifted on several South Pacific islands on Friday, allowing tens of thousands of evacuees to return home as the risk of a series of powerful earthquakes appeared to diminish. Magnitude 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 earthquakes struck near New Zealand’s remote Kermadec Islands in rapid succession early …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – To ensure that people who need financial help with their medical bills get a higher share of government subsidies, the current schemes will be renewed in mid-2022. Acute hospitals, which now base subsidies on an individual’s income, will switch to per capita household income (PCHI) instead, the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Steady progress has been made on Singapore’s vaccination program, with more than 350,000 Singaporeans, including around 80 percent of healthcare workers, already receiving their first injection of the Covid-19 vaccine a starting Thursday (March 4). About 215,000 have received their second dose, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More than 60,000 coronavirus cases have already been recorded in Singapore after another nine were confirmed at noon on Friday (March 5). The newly discovered infections, bringing the republic’s confirmed case count to 60,007 since the start of the pandemic, were all imported, the Ministry of Health …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: From the middle of next year, patients will be able to get up to 80 percent in subsidies regardless of whether they enter class B2 or C rooms of public hospitals, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday (March 5). (MINSA). ). Currently, 50 to 65 percent of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore is making “steady progress” on its COVID-19 vaccination program, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Friday (March 5). Speaking in Parliament during his ministry’s Supply Committee debate, he said that as of Thursday, more than 350,000 Singaporeans had received the first dose of their vaccine, including …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The wife of the 82-year-old retiree who was reported to have Covid-19 on Wednesday (March 3) is the only new coronavirus case in the community announced on Thursday. The 81-year-old Singaporean developed a fever and chills on February 27, but did not seek medical attention and recovered …