Close to 500 hospital and nursing home beds added to healthcare facilities, with more to come this year

The Tan Tock Seng Hospital Integrated Care Hub (ICH) is part of the 17ha HealthCity Novena development which includes healthcare institutions such as Dover Park Hospice, Ren Ci Hospital, the National Skin Centre, the National Neuroscience Institute and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

The Integrated Care Hub offers various step-down care services such as rehabilitation and palliative care. 

When fully completed, it will have more than 600 beds, of which 300 rehabilitation beds and 35 palliative care beds will open by the end of this year. 

“ICH’s services will complement that of Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Ren Ci Community Hospital nearby,” Mr Ong noted.

“With the range of healthcare facilities within close proximity to each other, we hope to offer patients a seamless transition from acute care to step-down care to rehabilitation care, and then back to home.”

Mr Ong highlighted the example of the care hub’s Living Resource Studio which aims to help patients safely transit back to the community and their homes.

The studio simulates settings that allow patients to perform simple tasks like cooking or washing laundry.