Healthcare

Cordlife enhances lab with 24/7 monitoring and backup power systems

The system tracks the temperature of 27 cryogenic storage tanks.

Q&M unit temporarily halts lab operations as licence expires

The company must apply for a new license to continue its operations.

Health Sciences Authority names new CEO

Raymond Chua Swee Boon will succeed Mimi Choong May Ling in the role.

Cordlife to resume cord blood banking services limitedly

It is expected to continuously impact its finances negatively. 

Singapore unveils emergency medical team for disaster response

The SGEMT can be deployed to crisis-affected regions within 72 hours.

NDCS develops digital workflow for removable partial dentures

The system integrates intra-oral scanning, automatic design, and 3D printing.

SingHealth and St Luke’s ElderCare ink MoU to boost community health

Key collaboration areas include care coordination and transitions, capability building, and programming.

NUH develops AI tool to accelerate lumbar spinal stenosis diagnosis

The tech has been trialled in over 50 patients since June.

Q&M Dental to acquire Veritas Dental Clinic for $800,000

Q&M has also advanced a deposit of $125,000 to Veritas.

Singaporeans can’t afford testing for dementia

Over 1 in 3 indicated fear as a reason for not getting tested.

Cordlife Group faces operational limits until January 2025

It expects a continued negative financial impact for 2024.

NNI, IMH ink MOU to strengthen neuroscience and psychiatry partnership

This aims to leverage their commonalities and complementary strengths for the public. 

ST Engineering and Philips team up for digital health solutions

Hospital systems driving similar remote services can expect to reduce length of stay by more than 20%.

Singapore General Hospital names new CEO

Associate Professor Tan Hiang Khoon will succeed Professor Kenneth Kwek in the role.