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Remembering Alexandra Hospital's rich heritage
My Turf is a fortnightly series that aims to share untold stories of our neighbourhoods. In this instalment, we take a look at Alexandra Hospital's heritage push in the lead-up to redevelopment of its compound.
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The National University Health System is seeking a better understanding of the history of the Alexandra Hospital site amid a master-plan study to examine the longer-term use of the compound.
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Melody Zaccheus
In 1971, nurse Tan Soh Hiang stepped into the British-built Alexandra Hospital and was greeted by an expansive building, but one caked with dust.
She changed out of her uniform into civilian clothes and, with an initial batch of 19 nurses and administrators, started scrubbing and cleaning the vacant building.
