Palliative care

A hospital death can be a good death

Sometimes intensive care is the right place to care for a dying patient, says the writer.

St Luke’s Hospital to raise $50m over five years to redevelop campus, expand services and train staff

St Luke’s Hospital chairman Khoo Teng Cheong (right) presenting the SLH 30th Anniversary Commemorative Orchid, Vanda St Luke’s Hospital, to Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing. Looking on is SLH chief executive Tan Boon Yeow.

New $3.3m Dementia Singapore-Lien Foundation initiative offers early palliative care, home support

PDS+ will help persons at the late stage of dementia transit from centre-based to home-based care for up to one year.

Brazilian Indigenous leader Chief Raoni diagnosed with cancer

Palliative care and surgery encouraged for advanced cancer patients under new initiative

Cancer patient Gerald William Pereira (second from right) with (from left) Clinical Associate Professor Shirlynn Ho, Associate Psychologist Perlie Ng and Assistant Professor Jolene Wong.

Lien Foundation’s latest biennial report is a first-aid box

Lien Foundation’s latest 2024-2025 report is literally a first-aid box of “radical remedies”.

Upskilling in generalist palliative care nursing exceeds expectations: Ong Ye Kung

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung (middle row, fourth from left) at the Nurses’ Merit Award ceremony held at the Shangri-La Singapore on July 6.

Easing the pain for patients and families when an illness has no cure

Palliative care will become increasingly important as Singapore's population ages, says the writer.

Health Check Podcast

When to start the conversation: Palliative care is for living, not just dying

Your guide to a kinder end-of-life journey in the ICU.

Lien Foundation gives $3.93m to TTSH, NUH to extend early palliative care to ICU patients who need it

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ward at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on May 5.

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