Jurong Community Hospital (JCH) offers post-acute and rehabilitative care. It complements care provided by restructured hospitals such as the adjoining Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, so that patients who no longer require acute care can recuperate in a setting better catered to their needs.
JCH was built together with Ng Teng Fong General Hospital from the ground up as one integrated healthcare hub. The twinned hospitals were designed to deliver seamless patient-centred care, providing the right care at the right place and at the right time. Siting JCH adjacent to NTFGH allows for convenient and safe transfer of patients from acute care to post-acute and continuing care facilities. The co-location of both hospitals allows for better coordinated and integrated care as patients will benefit from the co-management by doctors from NTFGH and JCH.
JCH is also the first community hospital in Singapore to feature a LIFE Hub and Mobility Park for patient education and rehabilitation.
LIFE Hub aims to help seniors remain healthy and independent at home. It features a three-room HDB flat mock-up, which serves to help patients ease back into their home environment under the guidance of our therapists. It will showcase a variety of products and provide practical solutions that patients can use to help them live more safely and independently in the home setting. It will also offer an information hub and educational area for patients and their caregivers.
A first in Singapore, the Mobility Park simulates a public transport setting featuring an actual MRT carriage, bus and taxi, complete with ramps and steps. It provides patients with a safe environment to re-adjust to taking public transport, going out on their own, etc. before they return to their daily lives.
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Key facts:
MORE THAN 1000 BEDS WITH A WINDOW FOR EVERY PATIENT (NTFGH & JCH)
18
OUTPATIENT
ROOMS
3
REHABILITATION
GYMS
1
MOBILITY
PARK
1
LIFE HUB TO
SUPPORT
ACTIVE AGING
1
HEALING
GARDEN
Ward Design
The design of our wards in NTFGH and JCH breaks away from the norm with an innovative fan shape. This revolutionary design provides a window for every patient, which significantly improves ventilation and maximises natural light. These attributes not only enhance the patient’s comfort and rate of recovery, they also improve infection control. In addition, this ward design provides a more spacious and conducive working environment for the medical team.
More Comfort With Enhanced Personal Space and Privacy
Instead of facing the patient in the next bed, a patient can choose to sleep facing the window by his or her bed. Curtains can be drawn for enhanced privacy but the patient would still enjoy good ventilation and a view of the greenery through the window.
Creating a Healing Environment
Greenery has been strategically planted outside every window by each bed. Hence, each window offers soothing views of lush greenery, thereby creating a conducive healing environment for patients.
There are also small gardens at visitor areas to create a pleasant experience for visitors.
Optimising Natural Light Without the Glare
To create the most conducive healing environment for our patients, we took great care in planning the wards. Sun angles were studied throughout a year to nail down the best orientation of the ward towers, to achieve optimum natural daylight while reducing glare from the sun.
Haze-ready Naturally Ventilated Wards
In the event of a haze, both NTFGH and JCH will make use of a centralised air filtration system to provide filtered air to the naturally ventilated wards. Impure air will be effectively filtered out before it even enters the room. Unpleasant odours caused by the haze and other air pollutants can also be removed effectively with this air-scrubbing technology.
JCH is the first hospital in Singapore to feature a mobility park. A patient’s recovery process often includes learning to re-adapt to their daily lives and the society. JCH’s Mobility Park is equipped with ramps, steps, textured surfaces, a foot reflexology path, etc. It simulates a public transport setting with an actual bus, taxi and MRT train carriage. The aim is to offer patients a safe environment to learn how to take public transport among other daily tasks, how to go out on their own, etc. before they return to life in the real world.
LIFE Hub aims to help seniors remain healthy and independent at home. It features a three-room HDB flat mock-up, which serves to help patients ease back into their home environment under the guidance of our therapists. It showcases a variety of products and provide practical solutions that patients can use to help them live more safely and independently in the home setting. In addition, LIFE Hub also offer an information hub and educational area for patients and their caregivers.
Both hospitals are easily accessible and connected to bustling Jurong East via sheltered link bridges to the MRT, bus interchange, business, retail, dining and entertainment facilities. The Specialist Outpatient Clinics are located nearest to the MRT and bus interchange for greater convenience for patients. In addition, there is an internal network of link bridges that connects all three towers seamlessly.
Designed for environmental sustainability, NTFGH & JCH were designed to be as carbon-neutral as possible in the infrastructure, water and energy systems, and landscape features. We received the Green Mark Platinum Award by the Building Construction Authority of Singapore in 2013 for the following innovative features.
Energy-saving Features
Water-saving Features
