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NOTICE PAPER NO. 57 OF 2012
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 17 FEBRUARY 2012
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Gerald Giam Yean Song
Non-Constituency MP
Question No. 128
To ask the Minister for Health what is the number of beds in A, B1, B2 and C class wards in each of the following hospitals (i) Singapore General Hospital (ii) National University Hospital (iii) Tan Tock Seng Hospital (iv) Changi General Hospital (v) Alexandra Hospital (vi) Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and (vii) KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
Answer
1 The number of A, B1, B2 and C class ward beds in SGH, NUH, TTSH, CGH, AH, KTPH and KKH, as at December 2011, are as follows:
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SGH | NUH | TTSH | CGH | AH | KTPH | KKH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 118 (9.4%) | 83 (10.4%) | 55 (4.2%) | 52 (7.5%) | 6 (2.4%) | 28 (6.5%) | 65 (12.4%) |
B1 | 238 (18.9%) | 92 (11.5%) | 216 (16.4%) | 70 (10.1%) | 24 (9.5%) | 72 (16.7%) | 132 (25.1%) |
B2* | 693 (54.9%) | 393 (49.1%) | 454 (34.4%) | 272 (39.3%) | 73 (28.9%) | 150 (34.9%) | 226 (43.0%) |
C | 213 (16.9%) | 232 (29.0%) | 595 (45.1%) | 298 (43.1%) | 150 (59.3%) | 180 (41.9%) | 102 (19.4%) |
* Includes B2+ beds.
Note: Figures in parentheses are the proportion of beds in the respective classes in each hospital, excluding HD, ICU and ISO beds.
2 Altogether, subsidised beds (B2 and C) make up about three quarters of all acute hospital beds, thus ensuring that there are beds available for lower income Singaporeans. Going forward, MOH will continue to ramp up our acute bed capacity to meet demand due to the growth in the population and in the number of elderly.