Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
Play/PauseSPACE
Increase Volume↑
Decrease Volume↓
Seek Forward→
Seek Backward←
Captions On/Offc
Fullscreen/Exit Fullscreenf
Mute/Unmutem
Seek %0-9
Live
00:00
00:00
00:00
Information About
Title from disc label. DVD release of a Channel NewsAsia program originally aired on television in 2002. Broadcast 1st Mar. 2002. Supported by Singapore Broadcasting Authority ; executive producer, Tan Lek Hwa. Narrator: Nooraza Ismail.
This episode traces the milestones in Singapore's medical history. Five years after the world's first test-tube baby, Asia's first test-tube baby arrived in 1978, pioneered by a Singapore team led by Professor S.S. Ratnam. In 1986, Singapore again became the first Asian country to score a first. This time with a new American technique called Gift. In 1989, Singapore pioneered a new method called Mist, a technique that gives a boost to weak sperms trying to penetrate the egg. In the 90's, Prof. Ratnam and team recorded a medical milestone with the birth of the world's first baby from a laboratory womb. More recently, Singapore doctors delivered the world's first twin babies born from frozen embroy and sperms. And as fertility rates continue to decline, research in ever-newer treatments and methods become more crucial. SINGAPORE'S FIRSTS will trace the success stories of our pioneers, and look at evolving techniques that will see our doctors make medical history.