The way we seek healthcare today is reactive, and fragmented by disease and specialisation. We go to a doctor only when we have a serious health problem, and rarely when we are well. We get treated for specific symptoms, without a view of our overall health. Could this picture change, if primary care is integrated with secondary and tertiary care? We find out from Dr Rajesh Singh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Prof Dr Leelavathi Muthupalaniappan, Family Medicine Specialist.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories:  managing disease,  wellness

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health and living,  primary care,  preventive health,  non communicable diseases,  cardiovascular disease,