29th Jan 2008
Eu Hooi Khaw
Once the domain of sinsehs, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is now going mainstream and can even be paid for through medical insurance in the US, writes EU HOOI KHAW.
It’s a medical discipline that’s more than 5,000 years old, now going mainstream.
It has already gained acceptance in the West: in the United States such treatment can be paid for through medical insurance.
The Singapore General Hospital has a TCM division set up at considerable cost, some S$28 million (RM63.5 million). Now the Penang General Hospital has opened a TCM clinic and a TCM centre has recently opened in Johor Baru.
Called We Care TCM, it has on board a western-trained doctor who is its CEO and medical director, and doctors from China trained in and practising both western and Chinese medicine. >>>> More
