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08-01-2014, 09:20 AM
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Hospitals facing severe bed crunch take unusual steps
Patients being housed in tent and corridors, or sent to other hospitals
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Changi General Hospital started housing patients waiting for beds in this large air-conditioned tent this week. The 800-bed CGH, along with Tan Tock Seng and Khoo Teck Puat hospitals, has resorted to sending patients to Alexandra, one of the few public hospitals here with spare beds. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said last night that he was aware of the problem - hence, the push to add 1,900 more acute hospital beds and 2,600 community hospital beds by 2020.
By Salma Khalik, Senior Health Correspondent
A severe bed crunch at Singapore's public hospitals has forced several of them into taking some extraordinary measures.
Changi General Hospital (CGH), which has 800 beds, started housing patients waiting for beds in a large air-conditioned tent this week.
The 1,200-bed Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), meanwhile, has been forced to set up 49 beds along the corridors of its wards to cope with the demand.
Together with Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), they have also resorted to sending patients to Alexandra Hospital, one of the few public hospitals here with spare beds.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?172184-Patients-housed-in-tents-and-corridors-in-Fuck-World-Singapore&goto=newpost).
Hospitals facing severe bed crunch take unusual steps
Patients being housed in tent and corridors, or sent to other hospitals
http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/imagecache/story-gallery-featured/20140108/ST_20140108_SKCRUNCH08_3990008e.jpg (http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/20140108/ST_20140108_SKCRUNCH08_3990008e.jpg)
Changi General Hospital started housing patients waiting for beds in this large air-conditioned tent this week. The 800-bed CGH, along with Tan Tock Seng and Khoo Teck Puat hospitals, has resorted to sending patients to Alexandra, one of the few public hospitals here with spare beds. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said last night that he was aware of the problem - hence, the push to add 1,900 more acute hospital beds and 2,600 community hospital beds by 2020.
By Salma Khalik, Senior Health Correspondent
A severe bed crunch at Singapore's public hospitals has forced several of them into taking some extraordinary measures.
Changi General Hospital (CGH), which has 800 beds, started housing patients waiting for beds in a large air-conditioned tent this week.
The 1,200-bed Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), meanwhile, has been forced to set up 49 beds along the corridors of its wards to cope with the demand.
Together with Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), they have also resorted to sending patients to Alexandra Hospital, one of the few public hospitals here with spare beds.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?172184-Patients-housed-in-tents-and-corridors-in-Fuck-World-Singapore&goto=newpost).