St. Andrew's Community Hospital (SACH) is a
non-profit hospital
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based in
Singapore
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. It was established in 1992 and runs as a service of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. It provides intermediate medical care to the patients, primarily focusing on rehabilitation and sub-acute care.
Since 2005, as the hospital is located beside
Changi General Hospital (CGH), patients had been transferred from CGH to SACH for rehabilitation and continuing medical care. Medical records and clinical support services, and consultations by visiting CGH specialists are also shared with SACH.
On 18 November 2011, SACH formed the
Eastern Health Alliance
Eastern Health Alliance (Abbreviation: CGH; Chinese: 东部医疗联盟; ms, Gabungan Perkhidmatan Kesihatan Timur) was a regional health system in the east of Singapore.
History
The Eastern Health Alliance was officially launched on 18 Novemb ...
with Changi General Hospital,
SingHealth Polyclinics and
The Salvation Army
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Peacehaven Nursing Home as part of the government direction to provide integrated care instead of episodic treatment.
In Jan 2018, SACH, as part of the Eastern Health Alliance, merged with SingHealth as part of a public health restructuring exercise.
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Hospitals in Singapore
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