18-Feb-16 Hundreds of graduate doctors, many pharmacy and dentistry degree holders in Malaysia are facing long delays getting training placements in public hospitals, a prerequisite for registration in their professions. Some graduates have been waiting for up to six months and have expressed fears of being jobless despite holding a degree in their field. [image: The Malaysian Insider]

18-Feb-16 If current trends continue, half the world’s population (4.8 bn people) will be short-sighted in just over three decades, with one-fifth of those expected to have a significantly increased risk of blindness. 96% of teenagers in Korea are short-sighted and in Singapore, China and Japan the rate is around 80-90%. [image: Nomad_Soul / Shutterstock.com]

15-Feb-16 Nearly 1,900 services and products at Vietnam's public hospitals will become around 30% more expensive in Mar-16. The new tariff regime will see patients pay for items that were previously government subsidised, such as power, water, equipment maintenance, waste treatment, training, research and more. [image: Thanhnien.vn]

12-Feb-16 Foreigners will be allowed to own a majority of up to 67% of businesses in Indonesia's healthcare sector, as part of sweeping reforms to liberalise its economy. Sectors ranging from fishery to retail - 49 in all - will be affected, with non-citizens able to take up 100% holdings in pharmaceutical raw material manufacturing firms. [image: AFP]

05-Feb-16 NEC will implement its Bedside Nursing IT solution in selected hospitals in Indonesia as part of its ‘Solutions for Society’ initiative, starting with two hospitals and aiming to serve 10 within a few years. Nurses use a device such as a tablet to retrieve real-time data from the Hospital Information System, allowing them to provide more personalised and effective care. [image: Digital New Asia]