SINGAPORE: The new general hospital in Jurong will be located in Jurong East, within walking distance from the Jurong East MRT station and bus interchange, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced after a ministerial walkabout in Geylang Serai on Sunday.
The hospital, which is expected to open by 2015, will also be easily accessible via the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) and the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE).
The Jurong General Hospital will have 550 beds and will provide acute inpatient and outpatient care. It will also have a community hospital next to it.
Mr Khaw said this co-location arrangement follows the Changi General Hospital and the St Andrew's Community Hospital model, which has worked well.
He said: "As a rule, we try to learn from all past projects so that every new hospital is better than the previous one. This co-location with community hospital is something we find very useful. The main advantage is integration.
"Patients sometimes do develop complications and if (the hospitals) are physically linked, you could just push the patients over... Sometimes, you do not need to push a patient over, the doctor can pop over. This is the sort of integration with a stepdown care sector which I want, which we are focusing on over the next few years."
A hospital planning committee, led by National Healthcare Group CEO Lim Suet Wun, is looking into the details. The Health Ministry said it would wait for a "good time" – when construction costs have cooled down – to call for tenders for the hospital.
This development will form part of the larger Jurong Lake District plan to transform the Jurong East area into a mini-city with commercial, leisure and other amenities.
The Health Ministry has also reserved a few sites for more hospitals if there is a need for them.
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Kinda excited abt this. A general hospital right at my doorstep! Have this hunch that it'll be under NHG. Kinda throws my plans off for seeking sponsorship from SGH. Maybe I can request a transfer from SGH. But what if my Sister doesn't want to let me go by then? Haha! Blowing my own trumpet, huh? Just kidding there..
But seriously Mr Khaw, one in Jurong and another in Bukit Batok? Wouldn't that be a redundancy?
The hospital, which is expected to open by 2015, will also be easily accessible via the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) and the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE).
The Jurong General Hospital will have 550 beds and will provide acute inpatient and outpatient care. It will also have a community hospital next to it.
Mr Khaw said this co-location arrangement follows the Changi General Hospital and the St Andrew's Community Hospital model, which has worked well.
He said: "As a rule, we try to learn from all past projects so that every new hospital is better than the previous one. This co-location with community hospital is something we find very useful. The main advantage is integration.
"Patients sometimes do develop complications and if (the hospitals) are physically linked, you could just push the patients over... Sometimes, you do not need to push a patient over, the doctor can pop over. This is the sort of integration with a stepdown care sector which I want, which we are focusing on over the next few years."
A hospital planning committee, led by National Healthcare Group CEO Lim Suet Wun, is looking into the details. The Health Ministry said it would wait for a "good time" – when construction costs have cooled down – to call for tenders for the hospital.
This development will form part of the larger Jurong Lake District plan to transform the Jurong East area into a mini-city with commercial, leisure and other amenities.
The Health Ministry has also reserved a few sites for more hospitals if there is a need for them.
Artilce taken from here.
For de video, click here.
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Kinda excited abt this. A general hospital right at my doorstep! Have this hunch that it'll be under NHG. Kinda throws my plans off for seeking sponsorship from SGH. Maybe I can request a transfer from SGH. But what if my Sister doesn't want to let me go by then? Haha! Blowing my own trumpet, huh? Just kidding there..
But seriously Mr Khaw, one in Jurong and another in Bukit Batok? Wouldn't that be a redundancy?