Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) will reduce medical subsidies for non-citizens at public hospitals and national medical centres starting next year. The medical services affected are :
Emergency services at hospital emergency departments will be excluded from the changes.
In a pilot project by the Health Ministry to bring specialist healthcare services to the community, the new Jurong Medical Centre (JMC) at Jurong West Central 3 was officially opened on Sunday, 15 October 2006.
Costing $22 million, the new centre comes with advanced day surgery equipment, endoscopy services, a chronic disease management centre, x-ray facilities, dental care and eye care services (including cataract surgery).
United States cancer specialist centre, West Clinic, announced today a new joint venture cancer treatment centre in Singapore with Singapore's Excellence Healthcare Pte Ltd based in Camden Medical Centre. The centre aims to provide US-standard treatment for cancer patients in Southeast Asia.
