By Jaime Ee
JURONG General Hospital will be renamed the Ng Teng Fong
Hospital after the family of the late property tycoon donated $125
million to the hospital slated to open in 2014.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced the name change in
Parliament on Friday and called the donation a 'big boost to our
effort to provide high quality healthcare for Singaporeans living
in the west'.
The hospital is fully funded by the Government but private
donations provide additional assistance to needy patients, besides
funding other worthy services, he said.
The 700-bed hospital is the first regional hospital in Singapore
to be integrated with a community hospital - the 286-bed Jurong
Community Hospital - right from the start.
Mr Foo Hee Jug, chief executive of JurongHealth, which runs the
two hospitals, said the donation will be used to set up the
JurongHealth Fund to support needy patients, staff training,
facility enhancements and research.
In a statement on Friday, Mr Philip Ng, son of the late tycoon,
said the gift served to give back to the Singapore community as
well as leave a lasting memory of his father.
