{"id":350250,"date":"2026-03-27T08:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/350250\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:22:07","slug":"top-tier-healthcare-is-within-reach-why-do-singaporeans-still-hesitate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/350250\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-tier healthcare is within reach &#8211; why do Singaporeans still hesitate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confidence in the system is what moves patients from a reactive to a proactive approach to their healthcare<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">WHEN a healthy 18-year-old woman recently discovered a small breast lump, she did what many in Singapore have been conditioned to do: she rationalised it away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">She was busy, the lump was small, her check with Dr Google and Dr AI (artificial intelligence) told her that a small lump is not a concern for an 18-year-old, and that it would resolve on its own. She gave it no further thought. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">By the time she finally sought help, the \u201cnothing to worry about\u201d had become something that called for major surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Confidence in the system is what moves patients from a reactive to a proactive approach to their healthcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-350250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}