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Hospital bed crunch: If more beds isn't the solution, what is?

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Patients have reported waiting for days to get a bed at a public hospital. Health experts say the biggest reason is that there are issues transiting to proper care after discharge. Otelli Edwards speaks to public health specialist Dr Jeremy Lim, Duke-NUS Medical School's Dr David Matchar and Jeremy Lee, assistant chief operating officer at the National University Hospital.

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1. Hospital bed crunch: If more beds isn't the solution, what is? (00:00:00)

2. How bad is the bed crunch (00:01:55)

3. Do we need more beds? (00:07:46)

4. It costs more to be treated outside a hospital (00:11:27)

5. No real incentive for people to move out (00:13:39)

6. Bed management is everyone's responsibility (00:20:39)

7. An entire ecosystem needs to be created (00:22:56)

102 episodes

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Patients have reported waiting for days to get a bed at a public hospital. Health experts say the biggest reason is that there are issues transiting to proper care after discharge. Otelli Edwards speaks to public health specialist Dr Jeremy Lim, Duke-NUS Medical School's Dr David Matchar and Jeremy Lee, assistant chief operating officer at the National University Hospital.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Hospital bed crunch: If more beds isn't the solution, what is? (00:00:00)

2. How bad is the bed crunch (00:01:55)

3. Do we need more beds? (00:07:46)

4. It costs more to be treated outside a hospital (00:11:27)

5. No real incentive for people to move out (00:13:39)

6. Bed management is everyone's responsibility (00:20:39)

7. An entire ecosystem needs to be created (00:22:56)

102 episodes

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