A Commitment to Patients:
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is part of SingHealth, an eastern cluster of public healthcare institutions in Singapore.
Protecting the interests of patients and their families:
Singapore General Hospital is committed towards delivering quality service and ensuring the best outcomes for patients. SGH serves its patients and families by providing quality healthcare built on values of compassion, respect, and integrity.
Singapore General Hospital offers the medical tourism patient a fully staffed International
patient department which caters to your needs. Hundreds
of successful medical tourism patients a year who leave Singapore General Hospital's care
and travel home. Singapore General Hospital is ready to assist your medical
travel needs.
Care and Respect:
- At SGH, you shall be treated with dignity and in a humane and safe environment. Your personal safety includes being free from physical restraints or seclusion, unless required as part of your overall medical treatment. Appropriate protection will be accorded to the disabled, elderly and those with special needs.
- SGH will respect your personal values, religious and ethnic beliefs; and your need for privacy. You may express your religious and/or ethnic practices so long as they do not cause disharmony or conflict. If you require support in this area, please inform your nurse in the ward who can arrange for a visit by a religious counselor.
- Making decisions about medical treatment for a serious illness can be difficult for you and your family. If necessary, the Bioethics Committee Secretariat will look into problems on management with patient and family input. SGH will respect and comply with your Advance Medical Directive if provided.
