Healthcare
Eleven countries sign Delhi Declaration to boost access to affordable healthcare
                                                                                 
                    
                    
  Healthcare costs have pushed 65 million people into poverty in SEA.
                
                                
            Eleven countries sign Delhi Declaration to boost access to affordable healthcare
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            
  Healthcare costs have pushed 65 million people into poverty in SEA.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Korean liposuction group to build world's largest obesity hospital in China
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It will offer AI-assisted liposuction procedures.
                    
                                        
                    
                Telemedicine providers thrive in Singapore's healthtech sandbox
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  mydoc, Doctor Anywhere, Speedoc, and MaNaDr recently joined the sandbox.
                    
                                        
                    
                Mobile health monitoring apps rake in billions as Asian users surge
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Blood pressure monitors are the biggest winners.
                    
                                        
                    
                Jakarta hospitals hit by medicine shortage over unpaid debts
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The city has already set up a bailout fund to help hospitals.
                    
                                        
                    
                Japan to build AI hospitals amidst doctor shortage
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It could gear up manufacturers to develop more advanced equipment.
                    
                                        
                    
                Fullerton Healthcare Philippines secures US$40m from finance firm IFC
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The investment is geared towards HMO Intellicare.
                    
                                        
                    
                Taipei Medical University Hospital rolls out blockchain record-keeping platform
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It will improve the patient referral system.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangkok Dusit rides Thailand's medical tourism boom
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Profits are rising thanks to foreign patients.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysia teams up with budget airline to boost medical tourism earnings
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It’s targeting Indonesian patients.
                    
                                        
                    
                IHH Healthcare to divest stake in Kolkata's Apollo Gleneagles Hospital
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  This is to comply with competition laws.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore's healthcare spending boom is in sight as more hospitals open doors
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Over 3,000 beds will be added in five years.
                    
                                        
                    
                Japan eyes record budget to boost welfare spending
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  But the retirement age may soon be raised.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysia gunning to be Asia's next fertility treatment hub
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Over 20,000 IVF cycles are expected by 2020.
                    
                                        
                    
                Healthcare spending in Singapore is shifting from hospital-building to maintenance
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The Lion City has a strong pipeline of hospitals to respond to booming medical demand.
                    
                                        
                    
                IHH Healthcare Q2 profits plunged 65.8% to $104.49m
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Weaking currency hurt its profits and revenues.
                    
                                        
                    
                Pass universal healthcare bill, Philippine lawmakers urged
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The bill has been languishing for years.