{
  "id": 17915685,
  "title": "'Preventable lapse' by service provider caused 9.5-hour public healthcare IT outage on Oct 13: Tan Kiat How",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/preventable-lapse-by-service-provider-caused-9-5-hour-public-17915685",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T04:42:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/public-healthcare-hospitals-disruption-parliament-moh-synapxe-6515151"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The senior minister of state for health apologised for the Oct 13 disruption, saying it \"should not have happened\". The outage forced about 4,000 outpatient appointments to be rescheduled.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}