SINGAPORE - The Republic's ninth community hospital was opened on Saturday in Outram, the first community hospital providing step-down care in southern Singapore where government figures show there is a higher proportion of patients aged 65 years and older.
When it is fully open over the next few years, it will add 545 beds to the healthcare system, the Health Ministry said. Patients at OCH can perform rehabilitation exercises at the hospital's rooftop garden, where they can work on navigating different terrains such as stairs, slopes and rocky paths. The profile of patients visiting SGH is also getting older, he added. About 40 per cent or 32,000 of SGH's inpatient discharges involve patients aged 65 and above.
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