MSN Malaysia News, 1 Jan 2012
Medical authorities are deploying the latest technology as fast-greying Singapore prepares for a "silver tsunami" of elderly people as a result of longer life spans and low birth rates.
In two decades, an estimated 20 percent of the population will be 65 years or older, compared to 9.3 percent at present.
To better prepare themselves for the demographic explosion, hospitals in the affluent city-state of five million people are using the latest available technology to augment its limited pool of health personnel. Full story