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Singapore healthcare spending will balloon this year

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02-Feb-18 Healthcare spending in Singapore is expected to grow to USD10 bn in 2018 and will overtake education expenditure in the next 10 years, due to the ageing population, as more hospitals, polyclinics and nursing homes will be needed. [image: Singapore Business Review]

Malaysia to produce world’s first AI powered stethoscope

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02-Feb-18 Stethee, the world’s first stethoscope with an artificial intelligence system, is a handheld wireless device that will be produced in Malaysia through a collaboration with M3DICINE, an Australian private medical device design and manufacturing company. [image: Astro Awani]

Integration of healthcare services paramount as Singapore ages

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02-Feb-18 By 2030, 25% of Singaporeans will be 65 or older and according to Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, "With an ageing population, Singapore must transform the way it delivers healthcare by taking a multidisciplinary, person-centric approach." [image: Today]

Myanmar's soaring health sector is attracting overseas medical suppliers

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31-Jan-18 At the Myanmar Phar-Med and Dental conference, global medical suppliers from China, France, Turkey, Thailand and more, vied for a chance to gain a foothold in the untapped Myanmar market as growth in the country continues to increase. [image: Shutterstock / Tooykrub]

Singapore leads ASEAN in e-commerce use

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31-Jan-18 E-commerce in Singapore comprises 5% of total retail. However, the number is lower in other ASEAN countries: 3% in Indonesia, nearly 2% in Malaysia and Thailand, and 1% in Vietnam and the Philippines. [image: Credit Suisse / Singapore Business Review]

Singapore healthcare spending will balloon this year

Malaysia to produce world’s first AI powered stethoscope

Integration of healthcare services paramount as Singapore ages

Myanmar's soaring health sector is attracting overseas medical suppliers

Singapore leads ASEAN in e-commerce use

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