Ward Facilities at Singapore General Hospital

Each ward has 80-90 beds, divided into A, B1, B2 level wards. A level is a single room, equipped with TV, telephone, bathroom, air conditioning, electric beds (the two sides of the beds are equipped with room light switches, call the alarm system, the beds lifting buttons, etc.); B1 level is 4 beds per room, the facilities are different from the A level wards, it is a 4 person **** with a bathroom, the bed is a cot; B2 is 6 people 1 room, there is only an electric fan, no TV, telephone and bathroom, but there is an activity room with TV, books for patients and their families to read. B2 is 6 people 1 room, the ward is only equipped with an electric fan, no TV, telephone and bathroom, but the ward is equipped with an activity room, indoor TV, books for patients and their families to read, and a common bathroom. The different facilities allow patients to choose their beds according to their financial ability, avoiding the trouble of inter-disciplinary and borrowing beds and maximizing the satisfaction of patients' needs.

Whether it is A, B1, or B2 level ward, each bed is equipped with a sliding enclosure screen, and all diagnosis and treatment and operation by medical staff are carried out within the enclosure screen, which not only protects the privacy of patients, but also effectively reduces unnecessary disputes.

Most notably, the entrance to each ward is equipped with four colors of indicator lights (white, green, yellow and red). When the white light is on, it prompts a health assistant to operate in the ward (e.g., assisting the patient to wipe, feed, go to the bathroom, etc.); when the green light is on, it prompts a healthcare worker to conduct diagnosis and treatment or operate in the ward, avoiding

the noise of the patient shouting in the corridor of the ward to look for the healthcare worker; when the yellow light flashes and makes a beep-beep-beep sound, it prompts the patient to ask for help (most of them are infusion problems, the patient seeking help in the When the yellow light flashes and emits a beep beep beep sound, prompting the patient to ask for help (mostly infusion problems, patients in the bathroom to seek help or patients fall, etc.), health care workers need to go to the wards in time to lift the alarm; all the wards in the health care workers need to seek help or when the patient accidentally occurs, only need to press the first aid light knob on the head of the bed, the ward door of the red alarm light will continue to flash and emit the sound of the first aid, to remind all the health care workers in the shift as long as they can put down the hands of the work, need to rushed to the wards for assistance in the rescue. This reduces the trouble of notifying the doctor by a special person, and wins the rescue time with the fastest speed.