26-Mar-15 Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said drastic measures to facilitate the development of private healthcare are needed, including removing "all obstacles", in an effort to reduce patient overload. The PM also encouraged IT and technology in medical examinations, hospital management, medical records and health insurance. [image: VNA]

20-Mar-15 Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital and GE Healthcare have signed an MOU to introduce a new training programme aimed at improving patient connectivity and clinical decision making. USD250,000 worth of patient monitors provided by GE Healthcare will be used to help train clinicians across the country, in the ER and ICU. [image: Vietnam Investment Review]

19-Mar-15 An ASEAN mutual recognition arrangement on good manufacturing practices (GMP) inspection for manufacturers of medicinal products had been deemed a priority initiative. An agreement on monitoring the quality of pharmaceutical products is expected to be approved and signed by the ASEAN countries in tandem with the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. [image: Gunawan Kartapranata]

18-Mar-15 In response to capacity pressure faced by Singapore's public healthcare, the government expects to add at least 1,700 acute beds by 2020, and Singapore’s private hospital market is expected to grow at 13% annually between 2015 and 2020. [image: Singapore Business Reveiw]

17-Mar-15 Malaysian hospital operator IHH Healthcare announced that subsidiary Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust is acquiring five nursing homes in Japan for 5.97 billion yen (USD49.5 million). The five facilities are being acquired from Japan's UBI. [image: Singapore Trading Online]