> SAF is reviewing its medical care system for our soldiers to improve it. As the health care needs of the entire population have increased, these various new initiatives will take a few years to implement but we are working hard to achieve steady progress. One priority is to reduce wait-time for enlistment due to medical assessments, especially for those with more complicated medical problems. We are working with medical specialists and ground commanders to address this issue. Another priority is to partner medical specialists in established institutions so that our soldiers get dedicated care. We worked with National Heart Centre Singapore to have SAF’s own Cardiac Fitness Centre. Launched yesterday, the SAF Cardiac Fitness Centre is a dedicated one-stop facility that provides specialised tests like Echocardiography and the CT Coronary Calcium Scoring for pre-enlistees and servicemen found to have risk factors. We will announce more initiatives along the way to make sure our SAF soldiers get good and prompt medical attention. - Ng Eng Hen
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:00:00 +0000
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