The king of Tonga has officially visited Singapore and was expected to talk and seek helps on training opportunity for the kingdom’s health services.

Kaniva News understands the Health Minister Dr Saia Piukala and Health Director Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola accompanied the king.

An opportunity to train Tonga’s health staff on Non Communicable Disease and Public Health will be discussed while His Majesty is at Singapore.

Singapore has an efficient and widespread system of healthcare and was ranked 6th in the World Health Organisation’s ranking of the world’s health systems in the year 2000.

Bloomberg ranked Singapore’s healthcare system the 1st most efficient in the world in 2014