Posts Tagged ‘hospital’

The end is near.  CNN: The health of Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who has been in hospital with pneumonia since February 5, has deteriorated further, the government said Wednesday. The Prime Minister’s Office had said Tuesday that Lee, 91, who is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of Singapore General […]


CNA:  Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s condition remains largely unchanged since the previous update on Saturday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement on Friday (Mar 6). His doctors are continuing to monitor his condition, the statement added. In a Feb 28 statement, the PMO said: “He remains sedated and on mechanical ventilation in […]


Lee Kuan Yew apparently remains alive, barely.  ST: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew remains warded in the Intensive Care Unit at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday morning. Mr Lee is still sedated and on mechanical ventilation, the statement said. It added that […]


Wall Street Journal: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has been hospitalized since early this month with severe pneumonia and remains in intensive care, though his condition has stabilized, a statement from the Prime Minister’s office said Saturday. Mr. Lee, 91, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Feb. 5 and is breathing with the […]


Back from the hospital, Lee is trotted out for the media.  Straits Times: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew attended an annual Chinese New Year party for grassroots leaders at the Istana on Sunday evening. The Chinese New Year garden party was hosted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Cabinet ministers. It was the […]


Lee Kuan Yew is in the hospital again.  As ever, Singapore’s mainstream media are relentlessly upbeat about his “recovery”.  Yahoo: Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is recovering in hospital after suffering from an infection, the government said on Tuesday. Lee, 90, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Sunday after suffering from a […]


Lee Kuan Yew out of the hospital.  Wall Street Journal: Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has been discharged from hospital after recovering from a strokelike condition, the Singapore government said on Sunday. Mr. Lee, 89 years old, was “resting at home” after being discharged from Singapore General Hospital, where he was admitted Friday after […]


Today: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Mr Giovanni Bisignani, director-general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association, on Friday at the Singapore General Hospital. Mr Lee’s press secretary said the two men discussed key developments in the aviation industry. SGH doctors admitted Mr Lee for treatment of a chest infection on Wednesday.


Lee Kuan Yew has surgery to implant a pacemaker.  This follows Lee’s earlier hospitalization for atrial heart flutter.  Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, 85, had a minor surgery on Saturday to implant a cardiac pacemaker, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. The surgery was performed because MM Lee has […]


Lee Kuan Yew discharged from hospital.  Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was on Sunday discharged from the Singapore General Hospital after being successfully treated for an abnormal heart rhythm. Mr Lee, who had two operations in 1996 to clear a blocked heart artery, is known to exercise regularly. In an email interview with […]



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