Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital

Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (Chinese: 廣惠肇留医院; pinyin: Guǎng Huì Zhào liú yīyuàn) is a private hospital in Singapore. It opened in 1910.

Overview

Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (KWSH) is a charitable organization in Singapore. With a staff strength of more than 200 employees, KWSH occupies 14 blocks in a 6-acre (24,000 m²) compound. Their facilities include an In-patient Department (IPD), an Out-patient Department (OPD), a Day Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) and a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Centre.

Most of their patients come from the lower-income families whose hospital charges are subsidized by KWSH. They are therefore heavily dependent on the public's support and donations to meet their annual operating expenses of about S$16 Million.

Services

In-patient services available are a Nursing Home for the elderly and a Community Hospital section that provides step-down care for patients who need time to recuperate. Each is supported by a team of doctors, nurses and paramedical professionals. Their 350-bed Nursing Home provides medical and nursing care for the elderly whose medical conditions require long-term daily nursing care and /or who are without caregivers to look after them at home. Their 50-bed community hospital section provides care for patients who are generally recuperating after a surgery or recovering from an acute medical condition.

1. Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy

Their licensed professionals provide a full range of physiotherapy, speech and occupational therapy programme.

2. Dietary & Pharmaceutical Services

They engage professionals in these two areas to provide services for their patients.

3. Ambulance Services

They provide in-house ambulance services for non-acute cases.

Eligibility Criteria for Community Hospital:

• All referrals must be from Restructured Hospitals only. Patients with stable medical and surgical conditions.
• Patients undergoing rehabilitation.
• Patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy.

External links

• Official site