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The Singapore Medical Association (abbreviated SMA) is a professional association representing the interests of medical professionals in Singapore. It was established on September 15, 1959, replacing the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association. [2] As of 2020, it had over 8,200 members. [3] It publishes the monthly peer-reviewed ...
Development of life expectancy in Singapore. As of 2019, Singaporeans have the world's longest life expectancy, 84.8 years at birth. Women can expect to live an average of 87.6 years with 75.8 years in good health. The averages for men are lower, with a life expectancy at 81.9 years with 72.5 years in good health. [5]
Chew was a senior physician and head of medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital from 1965 to 1979 and also the medical director. He delivered the first TTSH oration in 1997. Chew served as the Deputy Director of Medical Services Ministry of Health from 1981 to 1991. He helped to break the stranglehold of tuberculosis (TB) in Singapore, as chairman ...
Singapore Gamma Knife Centre. Singapore National Eye Centre. Singapore Red Cross Society. Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference. SingHealth. Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Categories: Medical and health organizations by country. Healthcare in Singapore.
S. Singapore Medical Association. Categories: Medical associations by continent. Health in Asia. Professional associations based in Asia.
Parkway East Hospital is a 119-bed private healthcare facility located at the junction of Joo Chiat Place and Telok Kurau Road in the East of Singapore. [1] It was formerly known as East Shore Hospital or East Shore Medical Centre, The American Hospital of Singapore, and Saint Mark's Hospital. This hospital provides general and acute care, as ...
1 in 10,000 people [2] Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. [3][4][5] It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common genetic cause of infant death. [6] It may also appear later in life and then ...
Jarnail Singh (1953/1954 – 6 February 2021) was a Singaporean physician who focused on aviation medicine. He was known for coordinating the aviation community's response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic outbreak in 2003 and had led the International Civil Aviation Organization's anti-SARS projects for impacted states, studying the spread of communicable diseases via ...