Few years back,a survey put SG as one of the worst energy
users.
The arms chair analyist just take all the oil refined by SG
refinery
used by SG!!
May be they dunt know SG has been and still is world
no.3 refinery center.SG cant consume some 900,000
barrel per day refined by her.Recent report in ST put local
consumption at 100,000 bpd only.
Therefore,i dunt trust all those surveys.
BTW,80% of generators powered by natural gas.
It is damn wrong if you dunt calculate all these power
consumptions.
My notes to each of the factors of this
already show my seriousness to this Index.
Not because the ranking of SG.
This Index put much weights on findings of
other Index---Blind leads Blind.
Talking about Environment.
SG was forced to use urban areas as water catchments
for few decades.We are
going to use two--third
of land area for catchment in 2 years times,
and going to use 90% in few years.
Do they know this?
Is this a great success story for a small country to solve
water problems?
No need to import water in few years,if we choose
to do so.Dunt close the tap without SG consent.
Otherwise,in diplomatic
term,there will be SERIOUS CONSQUENCE.
In plain English--war.
I thought we were discussing about Healthcare? Why has this
discussion been diverted to other issues? Have you conceded that
the Healthcare in Australia is indeed better than Singapore,
that's why you are switching to another topic? Can we finish the
discussion on healthcare first before you scatter your brain all
over the other topics?
I did some research on the World Health Organisation (WHO)
website, I came up with further data from WHO to substantiate
my claim that elderlies in Singapore who can't afford
treatment (could also be due to incompetent doctors), made up a
higher mortality rate as compared to Australia. The higher
deaths in patient numbers from these age groups 45-54 years,
55-64 years, 65-74 years and 75+ years, because of their inability
to afford healthcare, avoided going to the hospitals to seek
treatment, resulted in their deaths. Less patients for doctors to
handle, that's why less waiting time for hospitals in
Singapore.
That's why it doesn't make sense if you say Australia
with her 247 doctors per 100,000 population has longer waiting time
than Singapore with her 140 doctors per 100,000 population. It's
like telling us that 140 workers can produce 100,000 computers much
faster than 247 workers.
In the snapshot below you will see the mortality for the age
groups per country:
(Mortality rate per 100,000 population)
Higher figures in bold.
45-54 years of
age
Australia Male: 304.5
Singapore Male: 346.0
Australia Female: 192.4
Singapore Female: 200.5
55-64 years of
age
Australia Male: 810.1
Singapore Male: 1,058.8
Australia Female: 466.2
Singapore Female: 588.1
65-74 years of
age
Australia Male: 2,271.6
Singapore Male: 2,842.5
Australia Female: 1,307.4
Singapore Female: 1,707.2
75+ years of
age
Australia Male: 7,917.2
Singapore Male: 7,960.2
Australia Female: 6,365.6
Singapore Female: 6,600.8
For the age groups from 45 to 75+ (all sexes), there is a higher
rate of deaths from Singapore than Australia. The death of
elderlies in Singapore resulted in less patient numbers, therefore
the patient number decreases, making patient to doctor ratio lower,
resulting in shorter waiting times when compared
to Australia.
So how good exactly is the Singapore healthcare as compared to
our Australians counterparts?
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