Public hospitals

Poly student volunteers for night vigil in Sengkang General Hospital while dreaming of medical school

Singapore Polytechnic student Justin Tan is a volunteer for Sengkang General Hospital's Night Watchers programme, which supports the hospital during the graveyard shift.

Alexandra Hospital to receive emergency ambulance cases from Oct 1

The move is part of the hospital’s efforts to ramp up its emergency response in preparation to have a fully functioning emergency department in 2028.

Better care, fewer check-ups: Patient, 91, benefits from one doctor managing hospital care

Mr Osman Abdollah with his doctor Neeta Kesu Belani (left) and daughter Hadijah.

One principal doctor to lead patient care; public hospital clinician scheme pay to be reviewed

Patients with multiple conditions can now be attended by a care team led by a principal doctor at several public hospitals.

Deadly fungus spreading in European hospitals triggers warning

The fungus survives on hospital surfaces and medical equipment and spreads easily between patients.

Milei's vow to veto Argentine public hospital funding risks midterm backlash

Pamela Barraza, a nurse at Garrahan children's hospital, a leading center for pediatric surgery and organ transplants that is now at the heart of the country's escalating public hospital crisis, holds a banner that reads \"Nursing\", outside the hospital, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu

Nigerian nurses end strike following deal with government

FILE PHOTO: A view of an empty ward of the emergency unit of National Orthopaedic Hospital, as Nigerian nurses begin a strike over poor support from the government in Lagos, Nigeria, July 30, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun/File Photo

Johor faces healthcare worker shortage amid population boom, pull of higher Singapore salaries

Johor Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi (front right) during a visit to a government hospital on July 14.

All hospitals in Vietnam required to implement e-prescriptions by Oct 1

Many hospitals in Vietnam still rely on paper prescriptions or outdated software that fails to meet national standards or connect to the central database.

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