our stories 2020

ON THE GROUND WITH OUR SIA PCAs, 30 Dec
Wang Yuyan and Quek Lijun are both Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew currently attached to SKCH as Patient Care Ambassadors (PCAs) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pair, along with 18 other cabin crew members, had gone through a five-day training programme conducted by our nurses earlier in July, before being attached to various SKCH wards to assist in caring for patients...read more.

HELP IS AROUND THE CORNER, 2 Dec
Workplace actions can lead to many different emotional responses. The Demise Patient Debrief initiative at Sengkang Community Hospital allows staff to share their concerns and be supported in a positive work environment so that they can provide the best for our patients....read more.

SHREDDED CHICKEN BEEHOON SOUP, 2 Dec
A video on healthy and easy to do recipe by our SCH Dietetics...watch now!

DIABETES MELLITUS, 14 Nov
Our Staff Registrar, Dr Andrew Wong Peng Yong from Sengkang Community Hospital (SKCH) shares tips on Diabetes Mellitus amongst older adults...read more.

TOFU & PEANUT PORRIDGE, 4 Nov
A video on healthy and easy to do recipe by our SCH Dietetics...watch now!

STRAWBERRIES BANANA OAT, 23 Sep
A video on healthy and easy to do recipe by our SCH Dietetics...watch now!

TUNA & CORN SANDWICH, 15 Aug
A video on healthy and easy to do recipe by our SCH Dietetics...watch now!

THE MISSING LINK, 1 Jul
SKCH MSW and CR team joined hands to ensure that patient receives a smooth transition from SKCH to home...read more.

DOING MORE TOGETHER, 10 June
For Mr Low (not his real name), his life was full of positivity. The Sengkang Community Hospital (SKCH) palliative patient remained cheerful despite suffering from metastatic prostate cancer...read more.

HELLO, FROM BVH, 9 June
Since April 2020, BVH has been housing clinically well COVID-19 patients, who are mostly migrant workers from Bangladesh, to recover from the infection. Realising the importance in connecting them with their loved ones at home, staff at BVH started topping up their pre-paid mobile credits with the support from a non-profit organisation...read more.

SCH FAMILY DOCTOR SERIES 3, 31 May
Dr Li Yufei from Bright Vision Hospital (BVH) shares that her interest in medicine was sparked when she witnessed from a young age how challenging healthcare work could be, having quite a few doctors and nurses in her family...read more.

SCH FAMILY DOCTOR SERIES 2, 26 May
In this issue, we hear from Dr Xu Bangyu from Sengkang Community Hospital, who was initially motivated to study medicine after watching his idol, Aaron Kwok act as a doctor in a medical drama...read more.

SCH FAMILY DOCTOR SERIES 1, 20 May
We get up close and personal with Dr Loo Yu Xian from Outram Community Hospital, whose love for Biology during Junior College propelled him towards a career in Medicine...read more.

NOT JUST ON THE SURFACE, 16 Mar
From using diapers and scarves to cover the neck, to placing tea leaves under a patient’s bed to mask the smells, Bright Vision Hospital’s wound nurse Sister Liew Lee Fong teaches us a thing or two about caring from the heart...read more.

Our Stories 2020