Doctors

Just what the doctor ordered: Foundation Healthcare, backed by Temasek’s Seatown, eyes regional push

Faysal Alghoula, a pulmonologist from Libya who treats patients in an underserved area, outside of Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana, March 31, 2026.

Trump’s immigration policy sidelines foreign doctors amid shortage

Staff members holding placards as they stand on a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London on Dec 17.

Doctors in England start five-day walkout during flu surge

A survey of aesthetic plastic surgeons across 32 locations in the world found that almost 38 million aesthetic procedures were performed last year.
HEALTH & WELLNESS

A global shift towards facial surgery

Aesthetic procedures are popular, but they're not without risks.
HEALTH & WELLNESS

From eyelid surgeries to Botox: Aesthetic procedures that are leading the charge

The national register will focus on psychologists who provide direct patient care and perform higher-risk assessments and interventions, among others.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2025

Family doctors can become specialists to handle complex cases; TCM practitioners will be able to advertise

Friday’s circular was issued by the Ministry of Health, the Health Sciences Authority and the Singapore Medical Council.

Clinics warned to get their act together over telehealth, advertising abuses

The Singapore Medical Council's Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines only apply to individual doctors, not telemedicine providers.

Ads by telemedicine providers do not fall under Singapore Medical Council purview

The doctors’ strikes, which saw appointments cancelled and treatment delayed, were among a series of public and private sector walk-outs over pay and conditions as inflation soared.

UK doctors agree 22.3% pay rise to end strikes

It remains unclear whether trainee doctors, who play a key role in emergency procedures and surgeries at general hospitals, will return to work following the offer.

South Korea government offers first compromise to end doctors' strike