| te healthcare in Singapore has come a long way | | | | attention diseases. A good example is neural |
| from its humble beginnings about 40 years ago. | | | | diseases or even disorders within their |
| Weaned from colonial and military hospitals, | | | | physiological and musculature system. While not |
| governance and funding has created an expansive | | | | enforced, going ‘private’ is highly |
| network of world-class healthcare providers with | | | | recommended because one will get more |
| some of the best facilities around. | | | | attention and doctor focus than those who have |
| This was down to necessity – as the | | | | to deal with hundreds of patients a month. This is |
| economy demanded that Singapore position | | | | one of the biggest drawing factors that attract |
| herself as a location for enterprise and | | | | many patients to going private in Singapore. From |
| investment. Drawing foreign talent and foreign | | | | areas of gynaecology, dentistry, physical therapy |
| investments meant that there had to be a readily | | | | as well as every sort of condition available |
| available and advanced infrastructure that could | | | | – private healthcare in Singapore is |
| cater to the basic and advanced medical demands. | | | | complete and comprehensive. |
| Local private hospitals now are part of a stable of | | | | Just recently, private healthcare in Singapore |
| excellent clinics and hospitals with big names. | | | | upped the ante a tad by offering new areas of |
| Camden Medical, Parkway Health and Gleneagles | | | | plastic surgery. Though considered cosmetic, |
| are just some of the proponents of private | | | | these are still within the umbrella of healthcare in |
| healthcare in Singapore. What’s more, | | | | Singapore. Innovation and adaptation to the |
| there is a wide range of services to choose from | | | | modern landscape of global healthcare – |
| and since a decade ago, there have been more | | | | these are the maxims that private healthcare in |
| and more specialist private clinics to choose from. | | | | Singapore is measuring themselves against. |
| What is the difference between public and private | | | | For those who worry about governance and |
| healthcare? Well before we establish anything, it | | | | standards – all private healthcare doctors |
| must be understood that the services that they | | | | and specialists have to go through the same rigor |
| provide are essentially similar, the level of | | | | of quality standards set down by the |
| technology should relatively be on par and | | | | Ministry’s. Private healthcare in Singapore |
| governance from the Ministry of Health applies to | | | | is modelled after an American business |
| all. | | | | framework – with ethics and standards |
| Public healthcare is subsidised in Singapore and | | | | weighed against profits and turn around. |
| thus it is often leveraged by the general public | | | | Private healthcare in Singapore is a business, and |
| and those with no external medical insurance | | | | though some may question such a commercial |
| other than standard coverage given by the | | | | nature of healthcare, some argue that there is no |
| government. | | | | better way to ensure top service and satisfaction |
| Private healthcare has benefits especially for | | | | when currency comes into the equation. |
| those who have diseases which are more | | | | |