Nursing Service in Singapore & Changi General Hospital

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Singapore at a glance

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Singapore at a glance

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Singapore at a glance

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CGH

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CGH

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CGH

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I liked in Singapore Building

Planned city

Road

Cleanliness

Security

Train services

Bus services

Aeroplane

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I liked in Singapore

Job oriented

Rule and regulation

Equal treatment/Behavior for all

Cultural harmony: Malaya, Chinese, Tamil

Punctuality

Cultural diversity: Indian, Chinese colony

Food from Malaysia

Goods from china

Freedom for Individuals: under rule eg: smoking

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I liked in Singapore

Single: Tax 45%

With 2 or more child: Tax 6% only

Policy: Plenty of child plenty of money

No bargaining

Every shopping complex auto detector machines.

No cheating of tax.

Phone, Email free inside airport

No public telephone shops only coin phones

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Changi General Hospital Vision:

A hospital recognized by patients and staff for excellence and compassion in service and care.

Core values:

Integrity

Compassion

Teamwork

Professionalism

Openness

Social responsibility

CARE values

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CGH at a glance

800 beded hospital

Government funded hospital

Facilities : Class A, B1, B2, C

2000 staffs

1200 Nurses

Clinical trial facilities separate units

No separate hospital pharmacy: drugs supplied in hospital

Established before 17 years

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CGH at a glance

Separate home care teams

Diet as per individual patient choice

Birth day special diet

Diet and laundry service by Robert

Charge A : 40 S$/day

Insurance for most of citizens

Best referral systems

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CGH at a glance

Nurse patient ration: 1:6 , (Australia 1:4)

Emergency : 500 patient/day

Celebration of special days: patient safety, food festival etc.

For new nurses: 2 days hospital orientation and 4 weeks nursing orientation by in-service education team on CPR, IVI, etc

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CGH at a glance Nurses from: Philippine, Thai, Burmese,

Chinese etc

Salaries: 2000 S$/Month

IEC in OPD complex, indoor corridors, duty stations and other public places.

Need based inventions: e.g. during SARS, invention of autodetection mechine in OPD for screening of all patients TPR BP SPO2 etc.

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Similarities with BPKIHS

Same bed strength

Same duration of established

Buy not comparable in quality and services like Thai air and RNAC (NAC)

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Thanks

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