Ang Mo Kio – Thye Hua Kwan Hospital (AMK-THKH) is a 370-bed
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in
Ang Mo Kio
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, Singapore. As a community hospital, care is primarily focused on providing affordable rehabilitative and sub-acute care for
geriatric
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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
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, was transferred to be managed by the Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities
Services
Ancillary
* Healing Hub (
Pharmacy
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)
* Lab/
radiological
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* ''electromagnetic radiation'', such as radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visib ...
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 (including negative pressure isolation room)
2013:
Partnership with B Braun
Opening of Healing Hub
2014:
Opening of new South Wing – Increasing bed capacity by 110 beds to 360
References
External links
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Hospitals in Singapore
Buildings and structures in Ang Mo Kio