Singapore to spend $2bn on healthcare in 2008
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Singaporean government has earmarked S$2.7bn (US$2bn) for spending on healthcare in 2008, finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has announced. Priority projects in the budget are: new hospitals and facilities, medical training and insurance. There are also incentives to encourage entrepreneurial inventiveness, which ties in with the government's overall aim to make Singapore a thriving economic hub.