Healthcare Service Provider Pacific Healthcare Holdings Breaks Ground for $12 million State-of-the-art Nursing Home in Bukit Merah

Singapore, December 11,2002 - Singapore-based integrated healthcare service provider, Pacific Healthcare Holdings Pte Ltd, will open the doors to its state-of-the-art nursing home located in Bukit Merah by early 2004.

The Minister of State (Health and Environment), Dr Balaji Sadasivan, officiated at the ground-breaking for the 300-bed nursing home today. The home will feature environmentally-friendly design, energy-saving technology and the latest patient monitoring equipment when completed.

Pacific Healthcare is investing a total of S$12 million in this contemporary facility through its subsidiary Pacific Healthcare Nursing Home (PHNH). Built on 2,000 sq metres (21,528 square feet) of land, the nursing home will support the Government's plans in increasing the number of nursing home beds available for the ageing population in Singapore. Currently 6700 beds are available.

Pacific Healthcare Managing Director, Dr William Chong, said, "Today's groundbreaking marks a major milestone for Pacific Healthcare. Our purpose-built facility will provide comprehensive medical and nursing care for the elderly with more than half the beds earmarked to serve as B2 and C class wards. This will make our Nursing Home more accessible to the public at large."

All of our Nursing Home residents will receive comprehensive medical care from our team of medical professionals encompassing physicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and trained nursing staff.

This facility will also have the capacity to accept patients requiring chronic hospital care, as well as for those in need of short-term rehabilitative services. The Nursing Home is located along Jalan Bukit Merah, in close proximity to the Singapore General and Alexandra Hospitals.

Background

Established in 2001 in Singapore, Pacific Healthcare is a leading healthcare service provider with a team of more than 60 medical professionals operating in Singapore and Hong Kong. The Group provides a wide range of services that include dentistry, general medicine, medical specialist care, health screening, physiotherapy and wellness programmes.