SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News): Nursing manpower will get a major boost and hundreds more hospital and rehabilitative care beds will be added by the end of 2023 to alleviate the capacity crunch at public hospitals.
The Eastern Integrated Health Campus at Bedok North, which will comprise of a new integrated general and community hospital, is also slated to open around 2030.
Singapore is seeking to pre-emptively boost its number of public hospital beds in the next few years, as an expected Covid-19 surge in the coming Lunar New Year adds to overcapacity woes and other challenges that have recently gripped emergency departments. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on top of the goal of adding 1,900 beds over the next five.
Singapore News - Hospitals will no longer set aside entire wards for Covid-19 patients, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung told Parliament on Tuesday. This will free up beds that can be used by other patients and help ease