Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
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Capital<br />
Singapore<br />
Area<br />
692.7 km 2<br />
Population<br />
4.6 million<br />
Singapore an island country located<br />
at the southern tip of the Malay<br />
Peninsula. Singapore is one of the<br />
four remaining true city-states in the<br />
world and is the smallest nation in<br />
Southeast Asia. Singapore is one of<br />
the most densely populated nations<br />
in the world with about 6,650<br />
people/km2.<br />
<strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Facilities in Singapore<br />
Types of <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Facilities Number of<br />
Facilities<br />
1.Public Sector<br />
(National <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Group &<br />
Singapore <strong>Health</strong> Services)<br />
Population growth rate<br />
1.135%<br />
GDP - per capita (PPP)<br />
$52,900<br />
GDP - real growth rate<br />
3%<br />
(Source: CIA World Fact Book, 2008)<br />
10 <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> in Singapore: A Status <strong>Report</strong>, submitted by Mr. Desmond Tan Kek Chon, Executive Engineer, Resource Conservation Department, The National<br />
<strong>Environment</strong> Agency, Singapore to the Thematic Working Group on Solid and Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong><br />
79 HEALTHCARE WASTE IN ASIA: INTUITIONS & INSIGHTS<br />
270<br />
- Hospital/Specialty Centres 13<br />
Hospital 7<br />
Specialty Centres 6<br />
Total Number of Beds 8,338<br />
- Primary <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong>: Polyclinic 18<br />
- Dental Clinics 240<br />
2. Private Sector<br />
- Hospital/Specialty Centres 16<br />
Total Number of Beds 3,207<br />
- Primary <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> :Clinics 2000 approx<br />
(Source: MoH, 2006)<br />
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES<br />
Singapore healthcare system consists of both<br />
public and private institutions. Public<br />
healthcare facilities in Singapore fall under<br />
two vertically integrated delivery networks, the<br />
National <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Group (NHG) and the<br />
Singapore <strong>Health</strong> Services (Sing<strong>Health</strong>).<br />
These two networks minimize duplication of<br />
services, and enable affordable quality<br />
healthcare services to its citizens as shown<br />
below:<br />
Primary <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong>: This<br />
includes preventive healthcare and<br />
health education. Private clinics<br />
provide 80% of the primary<br />
healthcare services while<br />
government polyclinics provide the<br />
remaining. There are 18 outpatient<br />
polyclinics (nine managed by NHG<br />
and nine by Sing<strong>Health</strong>) and some<br />
2,000 private medical practitioner’s<br />
clinics providing primary<br />
healthcare services. These<br />
polyclinics provide outpatient<br />
medical care, follow-up of patients<br />
discharged from hospitals,<br />
immunization, health screening<br />
and education, investigative<br />
facilities and pharmacy services at<br />
subsidized rate.
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