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SINGAPORE: A new hospital in Bedok North will be ready “around 2030,” the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said on Friday (November 13).
The new hospital, which will be operated by SingHealth, will be an integrated general and community hospital.
It will be located next to the Bedok North MRT station, bounded by Bedok Reservoir Road and Bedok North Road.
The Ministry of Health first announced its plans to build the new integrated hospital in the eastern part of Singapore during the Procurement Committee discussion in March 2020.
The general hospital will provide emergency services, hospitalization and specialized outpatient services that cater to the needs of the community, the Health Ministry said.
The community hospital will provide intermediate services such as rehabilitation and subacute care to support patients discharged from the general hospital.
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The Health Ministry will launch tenders in the coming weeks to appoint project consultants to plan and design the new integrated hospital at Bedok North.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong announced the location of the new hospital during his visit to Outram Community Hospital on Friday.
“Even as we fight the COVID-19 pandemic, we must also continue to focus on our longer-term health care needs,” Gan said.
“That is why we are continuing our capacity development program to ensure that there is enough excess capacity to meet the needs of our patients in the future.”
Gan made reference to Singapore’s aging population, particularly in the east, and Changi General Hospital is the only hospital there.
“The addition of this new general hospital at Bedok North will help increase capacity and help increase capacity.
“So I hope the two of them will work together to serve our residents in the east, and we hope that the hospital is ready by 2030, and then we will start to progressively open thereafter.”
The location of a new integrated general and community hospital in Bedok North, which will be ready around 2030. (Graphic: MINSA)
The Health Ministry said that, together with SingHealth, it will engage the local community to co-create ideas on how the new hospital can better meet the needs of the community, sharing more details when available.
“The co-location of the general hospital and the community hospital is part of our shift towards a more patient-centered multidisciplinary approach to providing seamless patient care,” said the Health Ministry.
“This is similar to other intensive care and community hospitals located at the same site, including Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Ren Ci Community Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital, as well as Singapore General Hospital. and Outram Community Hospital. “
Aljunied member of parliament Pritam Singh, who oversees Eunos within the group’s constituency, said residents of the area will be “very well served” with the addition of the hospital.
“In combination with the opening of the Kaki Bukit Polyclinic in the second half of 2024, as previously announced near the Kaki Bukit MRT station, the medical needs of Eunos residents will be very well served in the coming years,” said employee. Party boss on Facebook.
