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More TTSH patients planning for future healthcare in the event they can't speak for themselves
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Madam Wee Ah Miow, with her daughter Annie Lim (left) and Dr Adeline Lam, made plans for her future care in 2017 after the new advance care planning system at Tan Tock Seng Hospital was up and running.
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Felicia Choo
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More patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have been making plans for their future care.
In 2011, the hospital introduced its advance care planning (ACP) system, which documents a person's future healthcare preferences so that his family members and doctor can use this information when, in case of a medical emergency, a patient cannot speak for himself.
