SINGAPORE: A new volunteer programme called Silver Guardian has been launched as part of a national initiative to help seniors age actively. The latest programme is the fourth prong of Age Well SG, with the other three being improvements to homes and living environments, improvement to transport facilities and expanding programmes for seniors to remain … Read more
SINGAPORE: Nurses will receive up to S$100,000 in a new retention scheme, with payouts every four to six years, announced Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday (Feb 20). This is part of a new retention incentive scheme, or the Award for Nurses’ Grace, Excellence and Loyalty (ANGEL), which will benefit about 29,000 nurses … Read more
The list of awardees was published in the Government Gazette on the Prime Minister’s Office website on May 31 last year. As overcoming the pandemic was a concerted national effort, Mr Ong said the government’s approach in conferring the medal was to be inclusive with no set quotas. Individuals were nominated by their employers based … Read more
KEEPING VACCINATIONS UP-TO-DATE On Wednesday, Mr Ong said that there are currently 560 hospitalisations and less than 10 in the intensive care unit (ICU) cases of COVID-19. “All in all, I think we can still withstand this. We have gone through three over years of pandemic, with all kinds of … safe management measures. “Finally, … Read more
SINGAPORE: Investigations to determine the extent of temperature excursions for the six other affected storage tanks at private cord blood bank Cordlife and the viability of the stored cord blood in them “should take another six weeks or so”, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Friday (Dec 8). In a Facebook post, Mr Ong also … Read more
