Issue on ageing population in Singapore by Silas Liew https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh Lack of healthcare systems en-us 2017-05-30 06:30:23 UTC 2025-09-26 19:06:42 UTC hello@padlet.com We are a group of students from Pasir Ris Secondary School.We are interviewing a 70 year old grandmother who has type 2 diabetes and need to have her weekly liver dialysis. liew_silas https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174346140 Here are our interview questions, 
1) Do u think there is enough healthcare system in your neighbourhood?    
2)Do you feel that the government has  provided enough subsidies for the elderly?
3)What do you think can be done to improve our healthcare system for the society?
Here are her responses,she feels that there is a lack of healthcare system near her neighbourhood as whenever she goes for her weekly checkups she has to take half an hour ride to the nearest polyclinic to get her medications.She hopes to have more healthcare system to be constructed near her neighbourhood for her convenience and easy accessibility. She also has to pay a hefty sum of money monthly to the doctors for her checkups.This because the government doesn't provide enough medical subsidies for her. She also need to has make end meets by working as a cleaner at the hawker center under her block.She hopes that the government will help her by providing those low income families with greater subsidies to aid her medical expenses. She hopes to have even more polyclinics near her neighbourhood or have shuttle buses around to access to the polyclinics easily and also hopes that nurses can provide door to door services for the patients who are in need of help. ]]> 2017-05-30 06:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174346140 liew_silas https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174352035 Singapore’s healthcare system is creaking under the triple challenges of ageing, increase in chronic diseases and population growth.

The National Population and Talent Division estimates the need for an additional 32,000 (a 70-per-cent increase from present) healthcare professional workforce numbers by 2030 to cater to the growing demands, while the Ministry of Health is building new hospitals in Jurong and Sengkang.

How do we measure up internationally? Singapore has 1.9 doctors per 1,000 population, which is the same as South Korea but lower than countries like Japan (2.2) or the United States (2.4).

Yes, we have some catching up to do compared with other developed nations, but perhaps the more important question for the here and now is whether we are utilising our existing pool the best we can.

The chart shows the breakdown of cases for seven common surgeries by whether they are performed in a public or a private hospital. Superimposed on the bars are the proportions of specialists in the public and private sectors.

The data reveals the magnitude of the imbalance in our healthcare eco-system. Let us just take two examples from the chart.

In the public sector, 25 knee replacements were performed over an 11-month period for every orthopaedic surgeon; in the private sector, it was only three.

The public sector ophthalmologist performs on average over 234 cataract surgeries a year; her private sector counterpart? Only one third, or 80 cases.
http://www.todayonline.com/commentary/singapore-really-short-doctors



]]> 2017-05-30 07:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174352035 liew_silas https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174352458 2017-05-30 07:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174352458 liew_silas https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174353820 2017-05-30 07:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/174353820 Viewpoint 2: Mr Tan, a 63 year old man liew_silas https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/175108523 He feels that there is sufficient healthcare systems in his neighbourhood but also feels that the government could do some upgrade work on the nearby polyclinics and hospitals as there is overcrowding at certain times of day, and hopes that the polyclinics can be expanded to cater to more patients and also decrease the waiting time at the respective polyclinics. Although Mr Tan stated that the government provides enough subsidies for him, he also mentioned that it may be because of the fact that he does not have many health problems as compared to other elderly patients at the polyclinics and would sometimes hear other elderly patients complain about the big amount of money that they have to pay whenever they visit the polyclinics due to the medication that they require as well as the consultation fees. He feels that the government should provide more subsidies for the patients that require frequent visits and expensive medication so as the lessen the amount they have to pay through their accounts so as to give them greater benefits.]]> 2017-06-04 13:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/liew_silas/2nb6ak0k3myh/wish/175108523