Singapore
Passport to Cheaper Health Care?
You can have surgery for less than half the price, but only in countries where you wouldn't drink the water. Is "medical tourism" a brilliant solution - or a too-risky business?
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Good Housekeeping (October 2007)Foreigners flocking to Singapore for state-of-the-art medical care
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When an American hospital told Shabd-Sangeeta Khalsa it would charge her $25,000 to repair a tear in her knee, she started looking online for a cheaper alternative.
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Toronto Star (August 11, 2007)Gill Kamaljeet, International Biz Dev Manager for Singapore's National Healthcare Group
Posted August 16th, 2007 by David WilliamsThis is David Williams, CEO of MedTripInfo.com. Gill Kamaljeet Singh is General Manager of the International Business Development Unit with Singapore's National Healthcare Group or NHG. Gill took a group of international media on a tour of NHG's Tan Tock Seng Hospital recently. Before the tour, he gave us this introduction of Healthcare in Singapore, and NHG specifically. You can't see the slides as you listen to this report, but Gill's passion and the impressive nature of NHG come through loud and clear.
Interview with Dr. W C Cheng, founder of Singapore's Thomson Medical Centre (transcript)
Posted August 14th, 2007 by David Williams More information on
David Williams: This is David Williams, CEO of MedTripInfo.com. I visited the Thomson Medical Centre in Singapore recently and had the pleasure of meeting Dr. W.C. Cheng, who founded Thomson in 1979 and has seen it become Singapore's leading private health care provider for women and children.
Interview with Parkway Health COO, Dan Snyder
Posted August 14th, 2007 by David Williams More information on
David Williams: This is David Williams, CEO of MedTripInfo. Dan Snyder is Group Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operating Officer for Parkway Health, the leading hospital group in Asia. I met Dan yesterday at his office in Mt. Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.
