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Grants for S'poreans studying medicine abroad
Yesterday, 04:46 AM

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RESTRUCTURED hospitals are looking into giving pre-employment grants to Singaporeans studying medicine overseas, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced yesterday.
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BPLforever

Yesterday, 08:01 AM

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The bond tied to this grant is a definite turnoff.

Better for Singaporeans studying medicine overseas to get a job in a hospital, in the country from where they graduate.


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newwhore

Yesterday, 08:55 AM

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government is realising the country is losing talents to other countries

why the NUS medical faculty cannot be enlarged over the last 30 years ?


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oonizuka

Yesterday, 10:14 AM

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sg wanted to make sure only top students are doctors. but then they realize, second rate students can still go australia to get medical degree if they are rich. so, might as well bond them too.


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JustACitizen

Yesterday, 10:37 AM

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Too late for anything, don't you think? Instead of trying to get back those students who are aboard studying Meds,

why don't government change the system here in Singapore for our future Med students?

Why even bother trying to get them back when so many of us here are wanting to be what they want to be?

Stop thinking of a short-term solution, please? This is very very irritating for us, citizens of Singapore, to be

reading this and understanding that the government is looking for a short-term solution.

i won't be cheated by your grants. It is another form of bond that I have to serve, so that I have to come back

and practice in a local hospital upon graduating overseas. How cunning can you be? Shame on all of you to create

this so-called grants. Revamp your school system instead of trying to persuade us to come back.


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plumkiwi672

Yesterday, 11:32 AM

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The Minister is working towards helping Singaporean. It is better than nothing being done now. For the benefits of our country, we should focus and works towards with the end in mind.


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imwellfed

Yesterday, 12:43 PM

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I have to agree with plumki. Given the amount of time and resources needed to increase our medical school intakes, i think this is a good temporary arrangement. One, it will ensure an increased supply of doctors which are
we need now in numbers. With a bond, this supply is perhaps less volatile to market forces internationally.Two, it stems the brain drain of talent from our country, and the government has indeed spent significant resources into educating them frm primary sch all the way up. And three, singaporean doctors (overseas trained nonetheless) I think are a better alternative to foreign doctors, not just because of their ability to relate better, but I think because they already have a strong support network at home.

I think the issue here is how do we give such grants so as to maintain the high standards of the medical profession here. There are so many medical schools around the world, even on the approved list here. Each with different syllabuses and costs, how do we decide?


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goofyxxx1

Yesterday, 12:52 PM

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Even if you give grants, there is nothing worth coming back to Singapore for.

Singapore is for foreigners and PRs and not for local doctors


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JustACitizen

Yesterday, 02:01 PM

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plumkiwi672 & imwellfed:

You guys don't see the picture. Do you know how our university take in med students? Their current system is, you'll go for interview to waste your time. After which, they found that none of your family members are doctors or in the medical line, they'll reject your applications. Only a certain percentage of med students that does not have a family with medical line history will be able to get in the med sch. That is how pathetic our system is right now and obviously, the whole plan back fired at the government because all they want are elites and sad to say, majority of our elites are in overseas practicing medicine.

I agree with you that with this "grants" in placed, we'll have an increased number of doctors to serve our Singaporeans' needs BUT my point is that they still have not tried to change the system. So, what is the point of implementing the grants?


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BPLforever

Yesterday, 02:27 PM

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Isn't it better for Singaporeans studying medicine overseas, to remain in that country and practice their medicine there.

Serving a 5 year bond?? in a restructured hospital here can be hell.

Further with the flood of cheap foreign doctors here, there is little prospect for local doctors.