Healthcare cannot be business as usual post-Covid-19: Ong Ye Kung

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The Health Minister backed a motion on supporting healthcare brought by three NMPs. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Singapore is committed to a whole-of-government approach to healthcare, even after the Covid-19 crisis has passed. And as the peacetime workload resumes, it cannot be business as usual.

She challenged the Government and those in the sector “to think beyond your usual areas and how you can apply to better support healthcare”. Mr Ong said there are two reasons why having an even tighter inter-agency alliance is especially relevant for healthcare. He said healthcare comprises three inter-linked systems: acute care; population health, which Singapore is building throughAged care is the next major area of work in healthcare, but its default cannot be nursing homes or seniors living alone with no social support.

 

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