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Building of Jurong General Hospital brought forward as construction prices fall By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 11 November 2008 SINGAPORE : Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said construction plans for the new Jurong General Hospital have been brought forward to take advantage of softening construction costs.

Some lives are not worth living? Friday, 24 October 2008, 8:01 am | 87 views Ravi Philemon / Writer “Do we allow euthanasia or assisted dying?” asks the Health Minister, Mr Khaw Boon Wan when he spoke on challenges in the healthcare sector recently at the Institution of Engineers’ annual dinner and dance.

SINGAPORE: The middleman involved in Singapore’s first illegal kidney transplant case will be sentenced on September 5.  Even before the case is wrapped up, there are renewed calls for authorities here to do more to increase the number of living donors.  While it may be a closed chapter for Mr Tang

In what seems like a change of heart, Mr Khaw said that the Ministry of Health will be looking into the possibility of legalizing organ trading; with a catch. Any payment made to the donor must come from a third party.