Community hospitals

Community hospital uses old MRT train carriage, public bus and taxi for patients’ rehabilitation

Galvin Tan, senior occupational therapist (left) and Keen Austria, senior physiotherapist with the decommissioned taxi and bus that are used to train caregivers and patients at St. Andrew's Community Hospital (Bedok) on Nov 17, 2025.

S’pore doctor completes Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in shortest time, breaking 2021 record

Navy doctor Chua Jia Long was accompanied by his wife, Ms Samantha Chia, who was in a kayak throughout the swims.

Making waves: Singapore doctor to swim in 3 iconic waterways to raise $1.5m for St Luke’s Hospital

LTC (Dr) Chua Jia Long of the Singapore Navy will be taking on the approximately 115km Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, one of the world's toughest challenges in the shortest time. He hopes to to raise $1.5 million for St Luke's Hospital and its patients.

Paid less than unskilled labourers, community health workers in India go on strike

rmhealth - Through intense rain and heat, over 26,000 community health workers in Kerala have demanded minimum wages, less workload and retirement benefits.

Photo: Courtesy of KAHWA, Harsh

WHO recognises S'pore as leader in helping patients by connecting them to community resources

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung at the inaugural Asia Pacific Population Health Conference and second Asia Pacific Social Prescribing Conference on Nov 28.

Living well to the end: Singapore ramps up palliative and hospice care capacity

The inpatient hospice providers are Assisi Hospice and Dover Park Hospice.

Wong Kim Hoh meets...

‘We should worry about the dementia epidemic,’ says CEO of St Luke’s Hospital

SingHealth Community Hospitals to get new CEO from March 1

SingHealth has announced a new chief executive to oversee its community hospitals.

No further cases at community hospital after student nurse tests positive

The 17-year-old nursing student at Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The ward she worked in has been locked down, with non-essential services there suspended.

No further Covid-19 cases from Ang Mo Kio -Thye Hua Kwan Hospital after one reported on Monday

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