tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post8497669133503074093..comments2024-03-08T19:26:19.450+08:00Comments on Blogging for Myself: Can the Public Service up its game?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-24454954392227949782013-05-27T20:40:09.373+08:002013-05-27T20:40:09.373+08:00Why didn't we do something like that "Ind...Why didn't we do something like that "India no frills hospital"?<br /><br />You ask that question because you think like a citizen of a country.<br /><br />This is where "Singapore Inc." comes in. The Govt thinks like a corporate CEO. We are promoting medical tourism. We are attracting biomedical companies. We are attracting medical companies to research drugs here in Singapore specifically targeting Asian genes. <br /><br />Putting citizens first like "cheap hospitals" will immediately undermine all these work. Its like, if you want Shell, Esso to invest here, tolerate the oligopoly on petrol price thats been in existence for donkey years (while in USA, such collusion will immediately have prompted investigation by the authorities).<br /><br />Medical costs keep rising in Sgp not just because its a global trend -- but because its exarcabated by the twin goal of medical tourism. We have abundance of beds in private hospitals. Meanwhile, citizens have to make do with beds in the corridors of A&E dept. <br /><br />The Govt has invested too much in "Sgp Inc." to backtrack. BTW, 7m population is also part of Sgp Inc.JGnoreply@blogger.com