With an ageing population, Singapore needs to find a better method to prevent and manage cardiovascular diseases. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat attended the NHCS “Heart to Heart” charity dinner on 5 Oct and shared that the NHCS is currently building a biobank to look into the cardiovascular health of Asians. In Singapore, cardiovascular disease is the largest contributor to the burden of disease and causes one in every four deaths.Click here for the full article (in Mandarin).
Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reproduced with permission.
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