Computers in Singapore hospitals stop working – level 1

Computers in Singapore hospitals stop working

09-11-2026 15:00

Hospital computers in Singapore stop working for almost ten hours on October 13. An IT company makes a mistake. They do not update the safety software on time.

This makes it hard for people to get medicine, pay bills, or book visits. About 4,000 people must change their doctor visits to another day. But officials say that nobody is hurt and personal data is safe too. Doctors and nurses work by hand on paper to keep helping sick people.

Leaders say sorry for the mistake. They are fixing the computers so this does not happen again.

Difficult words: update (to make something more modern or install new software), bill (a document which shows how much money you must pay), fix (to repair something).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

How do doctors and nurses continue helping sick people when the computers are unavailable?

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