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As Singapore intensifies its efforts to improve mental health services, psychologists nationwide advocate for better regulation and formal recognition of their profession. This call for change emerges in light of the government’s plans to augment the cadre of psychologists in the public sector, a strategic move aimed at bolstering the national mental health infrastructure.

Dr Goh shared that “The complications from both type 1 and type 2 diabetes have serious complications when they attack blood vessels. When this happens, it can cause microvascular heart diseases and lead to blindness, kidney failure, loss of sensations in the nerve and more. Macrovascular heart disease causes heart attack and stroke.

Type 1 diabetes usually has more complications and has a greater impact on reducing the lifespan. However, in both diseases, the life expectancy is reduced. Therefore, the patient is better off getting a reversal cure via metabolic surgery.