The number of people getting heart attacks in Singapore has shot up in recent years – but far fewer are dying because of them. Back in 2007, heart attacks killed one in six people who suffered from them. In 2016, only one in 12 people hit by heart attacks died as treatments became better and quicker. Singapore has cut the median door-to-balloon (DTB) time – or the time between the patient arriving at the hospital and receiving balloon angioplasty to unblock his blood vessel – from 95 minutes to 55 minutes over that 10-year period. Prof Carolyn Lam, Senior Consultant, NHCS, was quoted in the story.