Healthcare

UAE healthcare provider Aster pioneers Asia's new liver transplant technique in India

The new technology enables a liver to be kept alive outside of the human body.

UAE healthcare provider Aster pioneers Asia's new liver transplant technique in India

The new technology enables a liver to be kept alive outside of the human body.

Here's why Singapore's healthtech landscape looks promising

The country's Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 (RIE 2020) allocated $4b for R&D developments from 2016 to 2020.

Singapore secured US$16m of healthtech investments in H1 2018

It ranked next to China and India as a hotspot for healthtech investments.

IHH could pay up to $1.47b for controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare

It was chosen as the bidder to buy the controlling stake at 31.1% to 57.1%.

Raffles Medical Q2 profit rose 0.8% to $16.9m

Operating expenses increased amidst the building of the new Raffles Specialist Centre.

Muscat Private Hospital- Oman bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018

The hospital won the Patient Safety Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year.

Foreign investments to boom as China's elderly population skyrockets

Elderly population is set to hit 400 million in 2035.

Australian firms hit gold in China's US$581b aged-care market

The number of nursing homes has more than tripled.

Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point

Despite accounting for 90% of the city’s patients, public hospitals only employ 40% of the SAR’s doctors.

Raffles Medical links IncomeShield policyholders to over 200 private specialists

Policyholders can now book an appointment in NTUC Income’s website.

Singaporeans' stolen SingHealth data exposed to identity and tax fraud

The SingHealth cyberattack affected over 1.5 million Singaporeans, specifically 160,000 patients.

Air pollution in West Hong Kong is still in the red

Ozone (O3) levels have hit their highest point in the twenty years.

Rapidly growing costs stunt Thailand's healthcare goals

Epidemiological changes, healthcare spending, and lack of integration persist.