They've spent a week trying to exclude the votes of men and women in uniform, police, fire, nurses, doctors. Now, their newfound dedication to the counting of ballots, though welcome, seems a little off.

We have put on this service to recognise the police, the fire brigade and the nurses in the health sector and to highlight the sterling contribution they have been making in this community. We know that many times their service goes unnoticed and so as a fraternal we have decided to highlight them,

They (the Singaporeans) even still conduct training for nurses and doctors. They plan to train nurses until 2007.

Pathological changes have taken place on large areas of both lungs. Two doctors and three nurses are working in shifts around the clock to look after him.

Doctors put a wall up between themselves and their patients; nurses broke it down.

These new facilities have been years in the making and represent the collective thought of doctors, nurses, patients and their parents, architects and many, many others who have brought their unique perspective to the task -- to design facilities that will support the most advanced medical and surgical practice available, anywhere. When we complete the construction, these facilities will enable us to meet our patient care responsibilities well into the future.