Health news in Jalan Siakap
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NUS undergrad first in Singapore to get new defibrillator under breastbone
A 19-year-old National University of Singapore undergraduate who suffered a cardiac arrest at his camp's medical centre has become one of the first patients in Singapore to receive an extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD). The device, implanted under the breastbone at the National University Hospital, delivers shocks to restore normal heart rhythm.
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Singapore's top medical award goes to 17 doctors including Prof Anantharaman
Seventeen pioneer doctors and dentists, including emergency medicine pioneer Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman and paediatrician Dr Bua Kong Poh, received the Eminent Academician title from the Singapore Medical Academy. The ceremony was held at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine's medical sciences building on September 12, with Health Minister Ong Ye Kung speaking.
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17 doctors and dentists receive Eminent Academician title in Singapore
Seventeen pioneering doctors and dentists received the Eminent Academician title from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, on Sept 12. The honour went to figures including emergency medicine professor Venkataraman Anantharaman and paediatrician Phua Kong Boo, who led rotavirus vaccine trials. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said the title recognises a lifetime of contributions to Singapore's healthcare system.
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Johor to convert six Medan Niaga Kampung Melayu Majidee shop lots into Malaysia's first food-court NCD clinic
Six shop lots at Medan Niaga Kampung Melayu Majidee in Johor Baru will be refurbished into Malaysia's first non-communicable disease clinic located inside a food court, at a cost of RM1 million. The Johor Baru City Council project will move NCD follow-up services from the Majidee public clinic and is expected to serve about 200 patients daily when it opens early next year. Separately, measures including scheduled appointments and extended hours have been introduced at the Mengkibol clinic in Kluang to ease congestion.