Our Stories 2021

TRUSTING EACH OTHER TO CARE, 01 Dec
Their mother was everything to them and so were them to her. Their bond was beyond a mother-daughter relationship – she was their best friend whom they often confided...read more.

BORN CARE-GIVER, 18 Oct
Having a loved one warded in the hospital is understandably stressful for many of us. For Mr Derick Wong, he not only cared for his mother but went the extra mile by befriending other patients and gifting items to cheer up both patients and healthcare staff...read more.

FEELING VIBRANT WITH VARIETY HOUR, 18 Oct
Stuck in the hospital ward for the whole day, patients now have something to look forward to for a weekly fix of entertainment, thanks to the Variety Hour programme...read more.

ART WITH A HEART, 18 Oct
Through the SchoolARTS programme, students tap on their artistic talents to bring cheer to patients and create a livelier hospital environment for patients, staff and visitors...read more.

A SPECIAL KIND OF VOLUNTEER, 18 Oct

To most, it’s merely a cookbook. But for one palliative patient at Sengkang Community Hospital, the collection of recipes was part of her legacy that allowed her to live out the remainder of her life meaningfully...read more.

For almost 20 years, the wards in Bright Vision Hospital (BVH) were where the elderly and terminally ill sought treatment and care. But when a new virus hit Singapore’s shores and the number of local infection cases rose, there was an urgent need to free up beds in acute hospitals for the more critically sick...read more.

When you think of partners for hospitals, it is unlikely for schools or an airline company to come to mind. It can therefore be surprising that these are indeed some of the partners SingHealth Community Hospitals (SCH) collaborate with for our patients...read more.

Friendly smiles, animated conversations and boisterous sing-a-longs used to be what patients looked forward to during patient-volunteer sessions. But when COVID-19struck, these were replaced by social distancing, stricter infection control guidelines and visitor restrictions...read more.

Mdm Chua Kim Kee has been giving haircuts to Bright Vision Hospital's patients since 2012. She also won BVH's 'Most Active Volunteer Award' in 2014 for clocking the most number of volunteering hours....read more.

On 11 April 2020, Bright Vision Hospital (BVH) took in its first COVID-19 patient after rapid decantment of pre-existing ones. We take a look at what went on behind the scenes that eventually led BVH to win the Best Team (Merit) Award at the Singapore Health Quality Service Awards (SHQSA) 2021...read more.

Scratches. Bruises. Fractures. These are some possible consequences when elderly patients fall. While patient safety is a common responsibility, some shoulder the duty of fall prevention more than others. They are our fall champions – a group of more than 40 nurses and ancillary staff across the SKCH and OCH wards...read more.

May started her career in social work as a Social Work Assistant in Changi General Hospital (CGH) – within a year, she was certain that medical social work was her calling. Seeing patients struggle to cope with their conditions, May found it fulfilling to walk with them through their recovery journey, working to provide a helping hand (or listening ear) when they needed it most...read more.

HOW DO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST HELP PATIENTS, 20 Jan
To help our patients live independently, our Occupational Therapists engage them through everyday activities in a purposeful and therapeutic manner...watch now!

ALL ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPHY, 14 Jan
It was World Occupational Therapy Day on 11 January 2021! We took the opportunity to get four SCH Occupational Therapists (OTs) to answer the questions we’ve always been curious about...read more.

EGG PANCAKE ROLL, 6 Jan
A video on healthy and easy to do recipe by our SCH Dietetics...watch now!