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Hi, the Govt and its cronies doesn’t care bout my health at all! I’ll try to keep this a brief as possible. You see, I was placed on a 3 day SHN due to respiratory infection. I have a history of asthma and bronchitis. As I am living alone, there’s …

A netizen thinks Singaporeans are ungrateful for not appreciating the Government's efforts at countering diabetes especially when they are already offering cheap health screening for everyone. What do you think?

In a good show of why Maths is too confusing for many Singaporeans, a Singaporean netizen has become the subject of a flame war after he tried to debunk Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent accusations that the Malay and Indian community are at higher risk of diabetes.

Our reader went for a diabetes checkup following PM Lee's rally only to find that he had to pay extra even though he wanted the hospital to charge it to his Medisave account. When asked for a reason, the hospital staff simply said "I don't know". What kind of service is this?

Netizens have shared several posts in response to the National Day Rally's focus on Diabetes prevention and the need (or no need) for a sugar tax.

Responding to PM Lee's National Day Rally, Workers' Party's Yee Jenn Jong said he already touched on the dangers of diabetes and the importance of using technology in 2014 as he wanted to make services more affordable. He also thinks the government and its regulations are killing innovation in Singapore. Do you agree?

A netizen who was equally perplexed by the PM's talking points during the NDR highlighted actual issues which should have been raised at the event. He thinks politicians should not focus on the "rosy outlook" here because Singapore will no longer be a special location in the global economy if they adopt this narrow mindset.

Netizens have hit out against a segment of the National Day Rally which focused on encouraging Singaporeans to consume more healthy food, such as brown rice and wholemeal bread in an effort to combat a rising trend of diabetes among citizens.