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Raffles Medical H1 profit surges 54.4%
Raffles Medical H1 profit surges 54.4%
Patient numbers had increased on the back of recovering medical tourism.
Fullerton Health reaches settlement with directors
The settlement will allow Fullerton to complete a proposed merger.
Singapore has a ratio of 1 hospital for more than 220,000 Singaporeans
It has the lowest hospital versus population ratio amongst 33 developed countries.
Japan tops global survey for most number of hospitals
Thirty-three of the most developed countries were part of the survey.
Apollo Hospitals integrates digital health tool in cardiovascular risk tool
This allows the tools to provide health assessments continuously at home.
ALTY launches orthopaedic hospital in Kuala Lumpur
The hospital is a joint effort between TE Asia Healthcare and a group of surgeons.
J&J, A*Star invest $15m for eye health digital innovation consortium
The consortium will create projects for trusted data access in eye care.
Lenovo, India research institute speed up cancer research via genetic analysis tool
A high-performance computing tool will address demanding genomics workloads.
China's medical devices sales seen to exceed $42b in 2022
Its sales went up due to strong domestic demand.
Raffles Medical Group to see a 10% decline in H122 net profit: forecast
This is on the back of expected lower revenue from the hospital's COVID-19 services.
HK requires tracking bracelets for home quarantined individuals
Quarantined residents will have to wear the bracelets starting 15 July.
TTSH, ASUS build new AI tool for quick diagnosis of blood disorders
The two institutions partnered to speed up AI solutions for clinical treatment.
PCR test to spot monkeypox in SEA launched at iGene Laboratory
Results can be out within four hours of sample processing.
South Korea eyes ramping up COVID-19 treatment centers to 10,000
The “one-stop” centre provides testing and medical care services.
Aster DM, Intel and CARPL launch health data security platform
Aster DM Healthcare, Intel Corporation, and CARPL worked on the platform.
AI to early detect breast cancer installed in Bumrungrad hospital
The AI will make use of cloud-based platform Microsoft Azure.
Chinese health firms to see ‘limited impact’ from possible online drug sales rules
These firms have licences and are involved with self-operated pharmacies.