St. Andrew's Community Hospital Explained

St. Andrew's Community Hospital
Coordinates:1.3417°N 103.9467°W
Country:Singapore
Funding:Non-profit
Type:Community hospital
Religious Affiliation:Anglican
Publictransit:Simei
Opened:1992

St. Andrew's Community Hospital (SACH) is a non-profit hospital based in Singapore. It was established in 1992 and runs as a service of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital.[1] It provides intermediate medical care to the patients, primarily focusing on rehabilitation and sub-acute care.[2]

Since 2005, as the hospital is located beside Changi General Hospital (CGH), patients had been transferred from CGH to SACH for rehabilitation and continuing medical care. Medical records and clinical support services, and consultations by visiting CGH specialists are also shared with SACH.

On 18 November 2011, SACH formed the Eastern Health Alliance with Changi General Hospital, SingHealth Polyclinics and The Salvation Army Peacehaven Nursing Home as part of the government direction to provide integrated care instead of episodic treatment.[3]

In Jan 2018, SACH, as part of the Eastern Health Alliance, merged with SingHealth as part of a public health restructuring exercise.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Healthcare spending to go up as medtech improves and population ages. 2017-12-07. The New Paper. 2018-06-20. en.
  2. News: Orange Valley opens sixth nursing home. hermes. 2018-01-18. The Straits Times. 2018-06-20. en.
  3. Web site: Speech by Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Health, at the Official Launch of the Eastern Health Alliance, Friday, 18 November 2011, 10.30am. https://archive.today/20121224201315/http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/pressRoom/speeches_d/2011/speech_by_mr_gankimyongministerforhealthattheofficiallaunchofthe.html. dead. 24 December 2012. Yong. Gan Kim. 18 November 2011. MOH Media. 7 December 2011.
  4. Web site: "SingHealth to merge with EHA in public healthcare restructuring". 20 January 2017. www.singhealth.com.sg. 12 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032542/https://www.singhealth.com.sg/TomorrowsMed/Article/Pages/singhealth-eha-public-healthcare-restructuring.aspx. 16 October 2018. dead.