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COVID IMPACT: Singapore plans proactive health surveillance to migrant or foreign workers

The system is likely to be in place as early as November 2021 as tenders for this has already been issued on June 28

 

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The current pandemic has come as an eye opener for the governments around the world to manage the healthcare system in a better way to tackle any such situation in future.

The Singapore Government, for example has decided to better manage healthcare system by offering proactive health surveillance to migrant or foreign workers.

This is manage future disease outbreaks in the country with proper system in place.

The system is likely to be in place as early as November 2021 as tenders for this has already been issued on June 28.

 

The plan is to divide six geographical sectors, with each sector housing at least 40,000 migrant workers both in and out of dormitories

 

The plan is to divide six geographical sectors, with each sector housing at least 40,000 migrant workers both in and out of dormitories.

“Each of the six sectors will be anchored by a medical centre for migrant workers, complemented by onsite medical centres in three large dormitories, at least two mobile clinical teams, as well as round-the-clock telemedicine consultations and ambulance and special transport services,” reported The Straits Times newspaper.

The country’s Ministry of Manpower is also planning to put in place mobile clinical teams to do on the spot public health interventions.

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