Mastodawn

Jan 21, 2025

Note to self - remember his name: Dr Eddie TAN Tung Wee, 43.
#Singapore #Neurosurgeon who breached patient #data loses wrongful dismissal suit against #SingHealth
"The council was told tt a data #audit showed Dr Tan had accessed the records of 72 patients on 103 occasions without authorisation fr Jan to Dec 2021. The council #unanimously decided to #dismiss Dr Tan w immediate effect due to his #recalcitrant #databreaches & #blatant disregard for #patient #confidentiality"
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/neurosurgeon-who-breached-patient-data-loses-wrongful-dismissal-suit-against-singhealth

Neurosurgeon who breached patient data loses wrongful dismissal suit against SingHealth

The judge said the doctor was driven by envy to take down his fellow neurosurgeon. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Joseph Lim

Mar 24, 2023

#StraitsTimes #STForum #LetterOfTheWeek #SingHealth #publichealth #healthVSprofit #sustainabledevelopment
Forum: Shingles vaccine too costly in Singapore
"Shingrix vaccine for #shingles in #Singapore for a complete two-dose regimen costs $800 (plus GST). However, in the #USA, the same two-dose regimen costs a little over US$360 (S$477), according to the Centres for #Disease Control and #Prevention. Why is the cost of the #Shingrix #vaccine so much higher in Singapore?"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-shingles-vaccine-too-costly-in-singapore

Forum: Shingles vaccine too costly in Singapore

Currently, the cost of the Shingrix vaccine for shingles in Singapore is $400 (plus GST) for one dose, and a complete two-dose regimen costs $800 (plus GST). Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

btcprox 🇸🇬Nov 30, 2022

#SingHealth seeks to boost expertise in 'social prescriptions' as #Singapore moves towards preventive #health, introducing wellbeing coordinators to identify and support patients facing social risk factors that may affect their health outcomes, and aiming to train 600 health and community care workers yearly through a new arm, the SingHealth Community Hospitals Office of Learning.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singhealth-preventative-health-social-prescriptions-lifestyle-activities-3111346

#Healthcare

SingHealth seeks to boost expertise in 'social prescriptions' as Singapore moves towards preventive health

SINGAPORE: Group exercises and community gardening may not sound like the most direct ways to attain good health, but these are the kind of lifestyle activities people may need under "social prescriptions". These non-clinical recommendations help them

CNA