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Two weeks after taking an online “liver cancer cure,” a 37-year-old man was brought back to hospital in a near-terminal state. Diagnosed with liver cancer in early 2025, the patient’s doctor had recommended medical treatment combined with palliative care,…
Singapore-based Thomson Medical Group has agreed to buy FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for US$381.4 million in what will be Vietnam’s biggest ever healthcare industry deal. The company, which has operations in Singapore and Malaysia, said in a press release…
Health-and-beauty retailer Mannings has partnered with seven Hong Kong public hospitals to allow local residents to collect their prescribed medicines at its in-store pharmacies in a significant pivot from their usual role. The company says the move is part…
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power has announced its first partnership with the private sector. The world’s largest public energy services company (ESCO) has signed a 10-year Memorandum of…
Parents may soon find it cheaper to feed their newborn babies with a move by three public hospitals in Singapore to switch to cheaper milk powder. Those who feed their babies with infant formula could find their costs halved when the hospitals offer cheaper…
Frost & Sullivan predicts that by 2025, 10% of hospitals globally will have completed or be in various stages of implementing smart hospital initiatives. The research firm projects significant market growth and billions of dollars in revenues for four key…
A plane arrived this week at Paya Lebar Airbase. But it is no ordinary aircraft. The Orbis plane, also known as the world’s only “flying eye hospital”, made its stop in Singapore this week to raise awareness about blindness. Orbis, an international non-profit…
Foreign investors have expressed interest in healthcare business investments in Indonesia. Singapore-based Global Growth Markets (GGM) consultant said that India-based hospital group Apollo Hospitals is currently considering to build a telemedicine center and…
PT Pertamina through its subsidiary PT Pertamedika that manages Pertamina Central Hospital (RSPP) will soon build a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Energy and Mineral Resource Minister Sudirman Said, after the signing of Cilacap factory development contract with…
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