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IN THE NEWS
You’ve done Us Proud!
Research that will Save Lives.
"It is not so much the pride of knowledge but the humility of wisdom. There is always
something to learn from everyone or anyone. I am greatly humbled by what I do not
know and enthralled with all that I learn everyday."
~ Dr Allen Yeoh
Dr Allen Yeoh with his patient.
Our congratulations to Dr Allen Yeoh, Consultant, The Children’s Medical Institute,
NUH. Dr Yeoh received the prestigious Singapore Youth Award 2002, the highest national
youth honour in Singapore. He was recognised for his outstanding achievements in
the diagnosis and treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - the most common
form of childhood cancer in developing countries.
Cheers to Dr Lee Yung Seng, Consultant,
The Children’s Medical Institute, NUH, for
winning the Young Researcher Award for his
research on obesity in children. Dr Lee clinched
the award at the 11 th ASEAN Paediatric
Federation Conference for his paper on
“Mutational Analysis of the Melanocortin 3 receptor and Melanocortin 4 receptor
genes in severely obese children”.
Dr Lee Yung Seng Dr Jimmy So
Our accolades also go out to Dr Jimmy So, Consultant, Department of Surgery. Dr So bagged the Travel Grant Award
for his research on “Antitelomerase RNA therapy for gastric and colon cancers – in vitro study”. He will receive the award
at the 10 th United European Gastroenterology Week in Switzerland in October 2002.
Doing things
Better, Faster, Safer and Cheaper
Hurray to our QUEST teams for finding better, faster, safer and cheaper ways of doing things! Their innovative
ideas have won them 9 GOLDs, 5 SILVERs and a BRONZE at the National Quality Convention Circles competition
with their innovative ideas.
Gold
• Eager Beavers, from Operations, for helping staff to manage
difficult situations when patients enquire about their
medical history.
• Feeling Good, from Dietetics, for encouraging more patients
to come for follow-up visits at the Dietetics clinic.
• Kiddy Care, from Nursing, for helping patients to care for
their wounds at home.
• Logistics, from Materials Management, for improving the
accuracy of our inventory.
• Miss-Match, from Nursing, for reducing the incidences of
mis-matched specimens.
• Money Mind, from Nursing, for helping to save costs by
reducing the high usage of consumables.
• Nod, from Nursing, for teaching mothers how to better
feed and care for their newborns.
• Partners, from Nursing, for reducing the time spent on
paging and waiting for Operating Theatre Technicians.
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• Space, from Nursing, for improving the ward charging
procedure.
Silver
• Echo, from Cardiac, for optimising the slots for Echo
appointments.
• Force, from Nursing, for reducing delays arising from
inadequate pre-operative preparation.
• Ringo, from Rehab, for reducing the number of internal
and irrelevant calls during peak hours at the hand
occupational therapy room.
• Smart, from Nursing, for helping patients with too many
medicines to sort them out.
• Systems Process Gurus, from Operations, for reducing
waiting time.
Bronze
• Evergreen, from IS, for keeping better track of our hardware.

Our Proud National Award Winners!
President’s Award
Emily Ang, Assistant
Director (Oncology), The
Cancer Institute@NUH,
received the President’s
Award for Nurses, the
nation’s highest tribute
to nursing, from President
S R Nathan on 2 August 2002.
Singapore Labour Foundation
Educational Tours Award
for Model Workers
Kahdijah bte Mohammad, Senior Hospital Attendant,
received the award for her significant contributions to
productivity-oriented activities and help in developing good
labour-management relations.
National Day
Award
For their superior
performance,
consistent diligence and
dedication, Elsie Teo from
Surgery Clinic, Kwok Fong
Yee from Endoscopy Centre,
President’s Award
National Day Award
Ng Toon Mae from Infection Control and K Thanaletchimi
from Pharmacy received the National Day Award
(Efficiency Medal).
MOH Merit Award
In recognition of their passion and commitment
to nursing and community endeavours, Helen Goh
from Infection Control,
Sherlene Loo from The
Heart Institute@NUH,
Janet Lam from Ward
21, Roslina bte Sadon
from Ward 47, Lee
Yee Mei from The
Cancer Institute@NUH
and Murliah bte Arshad
from Ward 57 received the
MOH Merit Award.
Upgrading Ourselves for Our Patients
With a focus on Patient Education – Necessity or Nicety,
a two-day Asia Pacific Regional Conference was organised
by Patient Education Support Services, NUH. Our nurse
clinicians and their overseas counterparts attended this
conference held at Mandarin Singapore in July 2002.
The conference was a learning arena where doctors, nurses,
therapists, dieticians and case managers could share
information and experiences in patient education. They
shared research and evidenced-based practices, developed
approaches of new trends as well as improved collaborative
practices.
Sports ACE 2002
NUH received the Certificate of Commendation for
actively promoting sports and fitness to our staff.
Our driving force, Suhanah bte Alwi from the NUH
Total Lifestyle Connection Club, also received the
Most Active Organiser Award for her tireless energy
in organising activities and encouraging everyone to
be more active in sports.
Distinguished
speakers were also
invited to speak on a
wide range of patient
education topics.
Examples include
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MOH Merit Award
Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Minister of State (Health and
Environment), at the conference.
multidisciplinary approaches to patient education, and the
impact of traditional remedies on patient education.
The conference ended with a half-day workshop on
“Developing Patient Education Programmes” which saw
participants from local hospitals.
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MAKE A DATE WITH US!
Event Date Time Venue
CME Programme –
Medicine/Neuro Disease
of the Optic Nerve
22 October 2002 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
Details : Please contact Ms Noor at 6772 5317 for more information.
CME Programme –
25 October 2002
1.45 pm – 5.45 pm
26 October 2002 8.15 pm – 5.30 pm
27 October 2002 8.15 pm –12.55 pm
Seminar Room 1
Kent Ridge Wing Level 3
National University Hospital
Medicine/Neuro Disease of the Optic Nerve
Singapore Annual
Oncology
Symposium 2002
HRM Annual GP Symposium
Singapore Annual
Oncology Public Forum
27 October 2002
The Regent Singapore
1 Cuscaden Road
Singapore 249715
Organisers : Johns Hopkins – NUH International Medical Centre & The Cancer Institute, National Healthcare Group.
Details : For more information, please visit http://www.jhnuh.com.sg/aos.html or contact Ms Lilian Kuan at
6871 8188 or email aos@jhs.com.sg.
gapore Annual Oncology Sym
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HRM Annual GP
Symposium and Workshop
26 October 2002
Details : Please contact Ms Jenny Tao at 6772 5951 for more information.
2.15 pm – 5.15 pm The Regent Singapore
1 Cuscaden Road
Singapore 249715
Details : Free Admission. For more information, please contact Ms Van Kit Sin at 6471 4173 or email VanKS@nuh.com.sg.
Public Forum
ECHO Singapore 2002 31 October 2002
7.30 pm - 5.20 pm
1 November 2002
2 November 2002
1.00 pm – 5.30 pm NUH Auditorium
Kent Ridge Wing Level 3
National University Hospital
7.30 am - 5.20 pm
7.30 am - 12 pm
Clinical Research Centre,
National University of
Singapore
Details : For more information, please visit http://www.thi.nhg.com.sg/echo/index.html or contact Ms Geraldine Cheong at
6772 5596 or email CheongMeiLing@nuh.com.sg.
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