Robots to the rescue amid labour crunch


Tireless: A delivery robot pushing a trolley in Singapore General Hospital. — The Straits Times/ANN

WHEELED robots carrying cargo are important members of the Singapore General Hospital as it battles a manpower crunch that has only become more acute in recent times.

Whirring around SingHealth Tower – which opened in January this year as part of a S$4bil (RM12.9bil), 20-year revamp of the SGH campus – the 13 robots deliver meals, linens and medical supplies to 16 wards in the building.

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