Tag Archives: Disease

Lee Hsien Yang has come out to endorse SDP's Chairman Paul Tambyah as the man who should have led the Multi Ministry Task Force in dealing with Covid19. It is time for the PAP government to stop putting military Generals into positions where they have no domain knowledge. For Minister of Health, people want someone who's ACTUALLY had experience in healthcare.

A man living in Singapore is desperately looking for a suitable liver donor for his father. His father suffers from end-stage liver disease and has blood type O+. Those who are keen to help give the father a new lease of life may click in for more details.

43 people at a PAP Community Foundation Sparkletots pre-school in Clementi have been infected with tuberculosis (TB). This follows shocking revelations that one of the staff members at the pre-school had been diagnosed with active TB on 3 March this year.

Although Kusrini was instructed to only place the suction cap outside the boy's nose and lips, she placed the suction cap inside the boy's mouth, which caused it to get lodged in the boy's throat when it accidentally was detached from the tube. She tried to fish out the cap from his mouth, persisting for 8 minutes even though her hand was covered in his blood.

There are several thousand cases of antibiotic resistant bacteria in Singapore a year, say infectious disease experts, and the problem could get worse over time.

Please be careful when using the public toilets. Check the bottom of the toilet paper dispensers before you reach for it.

To all future mothers out there who are worried about the Zika virus, you might have already read the article 'Free testing for pregnant women with Zika symptoms'. It was stated that pregnant women with Zika symptoms or partners with the virus are entitled to free testing at public healthcare institutions, announced the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (Aug 30).

According to Thai media reports on Thursday, the first case of Middle East Respiratory Disease (MERS) was detected in the country. However, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refused to confirm the reports, saying that no MERS patient had been diagnosed in Thailand yet.

Over the weekend, the death toll for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) topped 100, sparking concerns about how the mysterious virus is spreading. Mers is a respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Since then, it has infected 339 people and claimed 102 lives. Three weeks ago, closer to home, a Malaysian man in Johor Baru died from Mers - the country's first confirmed fatality from the virus - after returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca.