Healthcare
Hong Kong Government injects $10b to set up public healthcare stabilisation fund
                                                                                 
                    
                    
  The Hong Kong Genome Institute will also be established to promote the clinical application research on genomic medicine.
                
                                
            Hong Kong Government injects $10b to set up public healthcare stabilisation fund
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            
  The Hong Kong Genome Institute will also be established to promote the clinical application research on genomic medicine.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Healthcare startup Halodoc raises US$65m in a series B funding round
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The firm plans to use the funds to fuel its technology and infrastructure in Indonesia.
                    
                                        
                    
                Hong Kong insurers gear for $1.27b national health insurance programme
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The Voluntary Health Insurance System will offer $1,000 in tax benefits to lure residents.
                    
                                        
                    
                This is how tech startups are revolutionising Asian healthcare
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  An app provides personalised in-depth consultations with just one click.		Patients are always taught never to look up their symptoms online, lest they...
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangkok Chain Hospital's net profit slides 25% to US$8.5m as social security revenues drop
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Adjusted payment terms hit its bottomline.		Bangkok Chain Hospital reported a 25% drop in its net profit to US$D8.5m (THB268m) in Q4, dragged by lower...
                    
                                        
                    
                Bumrungrad's net profit up 5% to US$30m in Q42018 amidst medical tourism boom
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Middle Eastern arrivals are back on track.
                    
                                        
                    
                BDMS profits down 28% to US$66m in Q42018 as one-off costs bite
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Earnings took a hit.
                    
                                        
                    
                Nominations open for SBR Listed Companies Awards 2019
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The search is on for the best listed companies in Singapore.
                    
                                        
                    
                WeDoctor Greater Bay Area Healthcare platform launches Foshan Base
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Hong Kong and Macau residents can communicate with the doctors at the Foshan Hospital of TCM through the internet hospital.
                    
                                        
                    
                Hong Kong's healthcare spending may double to $315b by 2033
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Hospital-based care accounted for total health expenditure of $9.57b in 2018.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bumrungrad Hospital positions for earnings boost amidst intensive care focus
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Focus on intensive care may bolster sales 1-2% YoY to $590m (THB18.6b).
                    
                                        
                    
                AAMG inks deal to operate clinics in southern China
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It will provide healthcare expertise from Singapore, the US and Europe within the Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone.
                    
                                        
                    
                Raffles Medical's profit rises 0.4% to $71m in FY 2018
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  This was supported by the 6% revenue growth of the Healthcare Services division.
                    
                                        
                    
                Philippine government signs Universal Health Care Law
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  This gives Filipinos access to a full range of healthcare services.
                    
                                        
                    
                NCS IT miscalculates healthcare subsidies of 7,700 Singaporeans
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  1300 CHAS members received lower subsidies due to the error.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore Budget centres on senior population with a $6.1b fund
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Beneficiaries will receive an annual medicine top-up of S$200 for the next five years.
                    
                                        
                    
                India's budget allocation for healthcare rises 13.6% to US$8.9b in 2019
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The government has been laying out schemes to support lower classes’ healthcare spending.