Healthcare

Raffles Medical Group's S$12.4m profit in Q2 disappoints analysts

PATMI inched up 6.9%, but it's slightly below OCBC's expectations.

Raffles Medical Group's S$12.4m profit in Q2 disappoints analysts

PATMI inched up 6.9%, but it's slightly below OCBC's expectations.

MediShield coverage and premiums pushed for increase

New proposals want to raise claims caps to $70,000 per year and $300,000 per lifetime, and increase premiums by around $10 monthly.

HSA warns against illegal capsules

These illegal capsules are being sold as herbal or traditional medicines to treat arthritic and joint pain, and promote blood circulation.

Pacific Healthcare Holdings appoints 2 Directors

Yeo Su-Lynn and Goh Kok Liang has been appointed to the post.

Raffles Hospital to increase rates in 2H12: CIMB

Competitors like Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagles charge 34% and 20% more on average for their services over Raffles Hospital.

Ailing hospital bed shortage to persist till 2016

Nearly 2 beds per 1000 people are just not enough.

India healthcare sector to remain robust in 1Q13 at 20%

Consequently, domestic business will surge to a record 4% yoy.

Biosensors International Group appoints Jeffrey Bryan Jump as Alternate Director

The Board believes that Mr. Jump has made invaluable contributions to the Company as Executive Director over the past years.

Ultrafiltration technology to be featured in Singapore International Water Week

BASF is presenting its water treatment and water security management in SIWW 2 July to 4 July.

Eu Yan Sang Internatonal's Alternate Directors resign

Recommendations in the revised Code of Corporate Governance prompted resignation of Alternate Directors.

Raffles Medical Group to be hit by higher staff cost

The government proposes a 20% salary increase for healthcare professionals by 2014 - will RMG offset higher staff cost with a price increase?

IHH Healthcare sets aside 2.3% of IPO for Singapore retail investors

Heads up, Raffles Medical: the group that owns Singapore’s Parkway Holdings and other Asian hospitals will be rolling out 2.23b in shares.

Asiamedic appoints Tan Wang Cheow as Director

He has been Chairman and Managing Director of Food Empire Holdings Limited.

Asiamedic names Mark Allan Erhart as Director

Mr. Erhart is Founder and Managing Director of Sentosa Capital Advisors Pte Ltd, Singapore from 2010.

Looming price cuts threaten Biosensors International Group's health

Cost changes in drug-eluting stents, BIG's main draw, threatens to dampen the company's gross margins.

Orchard Parade Holdings eyeing the healthcare property industry

OPHL's proposed move will leverage on the increasing demand for healthcare in a growing and aging Singapore population.

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