Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital
{{Short description|Community hospital in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore}}
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital
| Org/Group = Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society
| Image = Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital.jpg
| Caption = Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital facade
| Logo = Ang_Mo_Kio_-_Thye_Hua_Kwan_Hospital_Logo.svg
| Location = 17 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9, Singapore 569766
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| Country = Singapore
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| Funding = Non-profit
| Type = Community hospital
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| Beds = 370
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| publictransit = Lentor
| Website = {{URL|http://www.amkh.org.sg}}
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Ang Mo Kio – Thye Hua Kwan Hospital (AMK-THKH) is a 370-bed community hospital in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. As a community hospital, care is primarily focused on providing affordable rehabilitative and sub-acute care for geriatric patients. Admission is via referral. AMK-THKH does not have an emergency department.
The hospital, originally named Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital, was opened in June 1993. On 1 April 2002, the hospital, then managed by SingHealth, was transferred to be managed by the Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities{{cite web | url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_382_2005-01-31.html | title=Ang Mo Kio–Thye Hua Kwan Hospital | access-date=29 April 2020}}
Services
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Inpatient | Outpatient |
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Rehabilitation | Day Rehabilitation Centre |
Sub-acute Care | Home Healthcare Services, including Home Medical, Nursing and Therapy |
Convalescent Care | ACTION Programme |
Caregiver Training | |
Dementia Care | |
Palliative Care (Pre-Terminal) |
Ancillary
- Healing Hub (Pharmacy)
- Lab/radiological services (managed by National Healthcare Group Diagnostics)
- Dialysis Centre (managed by Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital)
- THK TCM Medical Centre
Milestones
1993:
Government established AMK Community Hospital
2002:
Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society (THKMS) took over the Hospital from SingHealth
2003:
First private hospital to put up isolation wards for patients recovering from SARS
2012:
Partnership with THK to provide TCM Services
Increase capacity by 51 beds to 251
2013:
Partnership with B Braun
Opening of Healing Hub
2014:
Opening of new South Wing – Increasing bed capacity by 110 beds to 360
References
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External links
{{Official website|http://www.amkh.org.sg/}}
{{Hospitals in Singapore}}
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