Govt turning to private sector for healthcare

Yahoo! Singapore News, 10 Jul 2011
The Singapore government is turning to the private sector to help ease the load of healthcare providers in the public sector. This may result in the private sector being responsible for the training and education of healthcare professionals, and also taking a share of the load in treating subsidised Singaporean patients.Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Saturday that Singapore needs all hands on deck to manage the growing demands for healthcare here... Full story