21 Oct 2005
| Oct 18, 2005
SCDF saves dying quake victim
Singapore team treks 2km up steep mountain to help injured 80-year-old woman
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21 Oct 2005
| 18 Oct, 2005
Reporter turns medic in Pakistan
Upfront : A personal account by a ST reporter at Pakistan
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17 Oct 2005
| New test can predict relapse of liver cancer
Research paper to be presented at Combined Scientific Meeting 2005
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17 Oct 2005
| $6m funding for research into rare childhood cancer
NCC receives funding from Children's Cancer Foundation
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17 Aug 2005
| Easier way to spot intestinal cancer (Straits Times, 15 Aug 05)
SGH first in region to offer method, which is cheaper and more accurate
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10 Aug 2005
| Doc who transformed paediatric services honoured
Commendation Medal for KKH doc. Among her achievements - a lab to treat sleep disorders
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02 Aug 2005
| Aug 2, 2005
Alumni to rope in former nurses as mentors (Straits Times, Pg 5)
A NEW association of former and retired nurses in Singapore is being set up by public health-care group SingHealth.
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22 Jul 2005
| My doc, my 'personal trainer' for health (Straits Times, 21 July 2005)
GPs in pilot project to help patients prevent conditions from worsening
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11 Jul 2005
| July 11, 2005
100km relay for charity raises $250,000
ALL through the night, they huffed and puffed through a 100km relay, for charity. Former heart patient, Ms Tan Chwee Suan, 45, was game for charity and one of many who joined the race for the final 2.5km leg. fcc
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11 Jul 2005
| July 11, 2005
KKH expands role for women's health care needs. It will provide new treatment from breast cancer to psychiatry and cosmetic surgery
AFTER more than 80 years of delivering babies, KK Women's and Children's Hospital is expanding its services for women. They will now include treatments for problems like breast cancer, and aesthetic therapies like liposuction.
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23 Jun 2005
| June 23, 2005
SGH liver cancer treatment proves a success in trial
Larger trials to follow; new method could be available within 2 years or so.
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23 Jun 2005
| June 17, 2005
Making sense of health-care dollars
A 92-YEAR-OLD man walked into a Tanjong Pagar doctor's clinic on Wednesday night to seek treatment for a common cold and fever. The visit cost him $64.
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23 Jun 2005
| June 17, 2005
More foreign docs now in S'pore
THE number of foreign doctors working in Singapore has risen, as more have come from several countries to make up for shortages here.
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23 Jun 2005
| June 16, 2005
Transplant recipients help to raise funds
Paying it forward. SingHealth institutions launch "Adopt-a-Step" fund-raising campaign for President's Challenge Health Relay 2005
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13 Jun 2005
| Taking a closer look at myopia problem here (ST, 10 Jun 05)
Singapore eye institute to conduct two studies on curbing myopia in youngsters
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13 Jun 2005
| Eye spy
With kids getting myopic younger and quicker, parents should monitor their children's eyesight more closely
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13 Jun 2005
| SGH deal spells cheer for hip patients
Surgeons here to be trained in the latest minimally invasive hip replacement surgery
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11 May 2005
| Cancer lab being set up in honour of Wee Kim Wee
$3m pledged by Goh Foundation as tribute to its former chairman
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13 Apr 2005
| Learning medicine the Duke way (Source: Straits Times, 15 Apr 05)
NUS Graduate Medical School course will draw on the one being run at Duke University. (* Picture of Dr Sanders Williams, the dean of Duke University's School of Medicine, will also head NUS' Graduate Medical School at the same time. He will oversee its setting up in SGH, its curriculum and the recruitment of staff and students for its launch.)
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13 Apr 2005
| Nepali twins will be back in Singapore, as promised by SGH (Source: Straits Times, 11 Apr 05)
Living Separate Lives
These two news articles feature Ganga and Jamuna, a pair of formerly conjoined Nepalese twins who were separated four years ago in a 97-hour operation by SGH.
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08 Apr 2005
| Heart disease alert for women (Source: Straits Times)
Often seen as a 'male' problem, heart disease is almost as deadly for women here as it is for men. The article discusses the trend of heart disease among women and also features a list of new 'vital statistics' for women.
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07 Apr 2005
| $5m award for 8 doctors with a yen for research (Source: Business Times)
The Clinician-Scientist Investigator Award aims to further dual-track careers in medicine and science.
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07 Apr 2005
| Kudos for clinician scientists (Source: TODAY)
Report on the inaugural Clinician-Scientist Investigator Award. Four of the eight recipients are doctors within SingHealth - three Clinician-Scientists with SingHealth and a doctor with the Singapore National Eye Centre.
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07 Apr 2005
| 8 patients who had bug discharged from SGH (Source: Straits Times, 6 Apr 2005)
The eight patients discharged are not likely to pass VRE bacteria to anyone, says SGH. 30 patients are still being isolated. The article also details SGH's measures to contain the bacteria.
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07 Apr 2005
| Award will free eight doctors for research (Source: Straits Times)
The inaugural national Clinician-Scientist Investigator Award was given out to eight doctors, three of whom are Clinician-Scientists with SingHealth and one is from the Singapore National Eye Centre.
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05 Apr 2005
| Superbug found in 27 more SGH patients
Reports about the increase in the number of patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in SGH. Sars-like contingency plan has been adopted to ensure the bacteria stays confined in the hospital.
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05 Apr 2005
| Hospitals step up superbug vigilence (3 Apr 2005)
Infection controls are implemented to curb the spread of drug-resistant bacteria
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05 Apr 2005
| Extra care to stop bug spread (2 Apr 2005)
Article details steps taken by SGH to stop drug resistant bug from teaching other bugs to resist antibiotic. The article also features an FAQ on vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE).
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05 Apr 2005
| Non-urgent opps off after SGH is hit by superbug (2 Apr 2005)
News report by Salma Khalik on VRE which has been found in 15 SGH patients
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31 Mar 2005
| Tsunami relief workers win praise
Khaw Boon Wan lauds tsunami volunteeers' selflessness at a tribute event.
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31 Mar 2005
| 20 nurses apply for scholarships to upgrade skills
TWENTY nurses have applied for scholarships from the Alice Lee Institute of Advanced Nursing, which launched its scholarship awards late last year.
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31 Mar 2005
| This doctor has disease named after him
Dr Tay Chong Hai, who will be receiving a lifetime achievement award from President S R Nathan at a gala dinner organised by the National Arthritis Foundation, is profiled in this article. He is famed for his discovery of a disease, later named Tay Syndrome.
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31 Mar 2005
| Twins can be separated: KKH
The article reports about the feasibility of separating a pair of one-year-old twins from Indonesia who are joined at the hip and abdomen. The toddlers are still being assessed for the operation.
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29 Mar 2005
| New heart scanners (ST, 25 Mar 05)
The Department of Diagnostic Radiology at SGH and NHC have jointly set up a new state-of-the-art imaging facility known as SCAN CVI to provide totally non-invasive comprehensive radiological imaging of the heart and all the major peripheral vessels in the body.
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29 Mar 2005
| Private clinics in hospitals by year-end (ST, 28 Mar 05)
Private clinics will start up within public hospitals before the end of this year - a move aimed at keeping best docs in the public sector. The article features interviews with Professor Tan Ser Kiat, GCEO, SingHealth and Dr Lim Suet Wen, chief executive of NHG on measures to keep best doctors in the public sector. Two senior doctors were also featured in this piece - Professor Tan Cheng Lim, Consultant Emeritus and former chairman of KKH's paediatric division and Professor Foo Kiong Tatt, former head of SGH's urology department.
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01 Feb 2005
| Cabinet's nod for 2nd medical school
The setting up of a graduate medical school at the Singapore General Hospital's campus in Outram would provide a launch pad to upgrade nursing education....
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