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From the Medical Director of NCCS, Prof William Hwang

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From the Medical Director of NCCS, Prof William Hwang

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I would like to express sincere thanks to all who took part in the CCF ops. The greatest testimony to the success of the CCF is not just in all its wonderful activities and acheivements, but also in the fact you manage to hold the frontlines against many bad things that could have happened. There were no major disease outbreaks among staff or residents, no riots, no spillover infections into the community and no major complaints. That would itself have been remarkable, but to use the opportunity to bring in many innovations in science, mechanics, robotics and teamwork is really outstanding! Thank you everyone for the wonderful work you have done together.

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Didn't manage to take a screenshot of the amazing video created by Linda, Janis & Suan Gek. But we realise there are many fantastic actors in NNI!

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Pharmacists sharing their experiences

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Live from the Family Meeting on 29/9/2020

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Live from the Family Meeting on 29/9/2020

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Phrase of the day "Were you arrowed or did you volunteer?"

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It was a tough decision to make in between serving my nation against Covid and also protecting my then 9 months old baby and two other sons from it.

With the support from my husband, I was determined to do both. When first deployed to Expo in May, my immediate supervisor asked if I would like to be housed in a temporary lodging arrangement. I declined it as I was still breastfeeding my baby and cannot imagine being away from him.

I must say my many thanks to our IPE nurses for always coming up with ways to safeguard us! From re-arranging the way we don on and doff off our PPE (it started as same exit and entry site for each hall - which led to overcrowding and mixing of ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ angels) to constant reminders of hand hygiene.

Also! My personal thanks to Yee Pin for arranging an exlcusive fridge just for me to store my expressed breastmilk at the resting area at Max Atria. I truly appreciate it.

Who knew that you can successfully express milk and return to direct latch your baby everynight whilst serving Covid positive residents @ CCF!

A month has since passed since I left Expo and baby and I are healthy and fit.

We can fight this virus together if we are more vigilant and play our part to observe personal hygiene!

Jiayou!

Zakiah Sidek
Sr Radiographer
Hall 8

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It’s been slightly More than a week ago since I left EXPO....I must congratulate the leaders from Medical, Nursing, Patient Experience, OPS, MA, RWS for the wonderful holistic care that were given to the Residents and Angels during the time spent in EXPO. It was a wonderful eye opening experience for me that everyone played a significant role in providing the care for the Residents! As Angels, I felt that our leaders looked into the welfare for each and everyone of us! Though I was there for 6 weeks, I had a great time, always looking forward to going to work😊

It was also an honour to be able to care for our MW as they have done so much in building Singapore! My deepest gratitude to them and I hope they get well, stay COVID free and stay healthy for many more years!

I really salute everyone and am really proud that we were a part of this family !
Stay safe everyone!

HL

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Loving memories of singhealth @ expo

My short month here in CCF expo with SGH is filled with long lasting happy memories
As we locums, took care of the patients here, SGH took care of us, fed us well, and treated us like family.
It is truly, placing people, at the heart of what they do.
No words can convey my heartfelt thanks to all the angels who helped us doctors and assisted us tirelessly in sickbays, to all the SGH leads and doctors who helped made the journey in expo so much more bearable and enjoyable, and to all the fellow locums and seniors who showed kindness and help where needed.
Truly a big big family indeed.
Once again, thank you and memories in expo will be one that I will treasure for years to come.

Signing off, mei yeen

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I think I speak for many of us when I say that it's a bittersweet moment for us when Expo "shuts down".  Happy that our resident numbers are falling, which is good for our foreign workers, but sad that we're "breaking up" and returning to our motherships.  The friendships and camaraderie (and the food!) forged in Expo are deep and enduring and I've learnt so much from so many of you about such incredibly diverse topics ranging from calorie counts, to politics (yes, before GE2020), life in private practice, med education, and the moral dimension of medicine (101% agree). I think I learned to be kinder, to appreciate our good fortune to be surrounded by a nurturing community, and that our healthcare community is one that is blessed with strength and purpose. Thank you and I hope we will all continue to spread light to others in our myriad paths through life.

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"There is a kite song within me that will not be still, higher and higher my kite goes, but how unpredictable the winds can be. Kites, like dreams, slip away so easily. Run, run for your dreams, don't stop..."

Dr Tham Wai Jia, founder of Kitesong Global, conducted a kite making session for our residents on Wednesday, reminding them that although their "kite strings" may appear to have broken because of their Covid diagnosis, they can still hold on to their dreams and fulfil them.

Our residents shared their dreams & heartaches very candidly, encouraging one another to hold on to their dreams, to tie up those kite strings again and fly those kites high after they leave.

This Kitesong is not just for our residents. What about us? What dreams do we have? Do we still fly our kites even when the winds are down or when our kites get entangled in unexpected obstacles? Let's learn from our residents to pick up the kites of our lives and let them soar high again.

Watch the Kitesong story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8otY61yAug

Find out more about the work of Kitesong Global: https://www.kitesong.com/

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"We have one consolidated mission here - to take care of the migrant workers here. In the hospital, because it is such a big organisation, the vision is broken down into mini missions in each department and the bigger mission may be diluted...we need to think about how to communicate and maintain our common mission" - Sister Loh Huey Peng

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"Think back on not just the good times but also the bad times. How can you bring back the things you've learnt about processes and the things that you have done here?" - Dr Chow Weien

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Prof Tan Hiang Khoon shared 3 things that all of us have gained at the Expo:

1) Knowledge (new skill sets e.g. infection control practices)
2) Memories (friendship, teamwork, serving a common purpose)
3) Esprit de corps (a common mission: putting patients at the heart of all we do)

What are your best memories?

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Record your bittersweet moments by sharing your reflections, photos and videos here!

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To all my SingHealth colleagues especially to my Best Friend Shabita Chathoo,Cindy Ng from SGH Physio dept n all her fun loving colleagues who are attached to Expo Hall 7 from 03/05-31/05.Not forgetting my other colleagues like Zhang Dan Dan,Marites n NC Tan Eng Hwee.Sincere thanks to all the Heroes/Heroines who worked tirelessly to care for the COVID-19 residents in EXpo.All Of you come from different depts/different campus To help out in the care of the residents! Can’t imagine using full PPEs under the sweltering heat n fighting with the viruses.Kudos for all your hard work and I sure that it’s is not easy to work 12 hrs on every 2days basis! I’m sure that the residents in Expo will be grateful to each n everyone of You for the care rendered to them during their stay in Expo! Pls stay safe and take care.Thank you once again !

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With love from all of us in Singhealth!

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We've got our own Stan Lee in Hall 8!

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As we move on to our 3rd month at the CCF, let's continue to press on in this long fight and not give up in our care for our migrant brothers!

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A heartfelt plea and insight from our brother from India:
"We see that from the day human think of success in its life he tried best efforts for his/her own comfort by using valuable natural products but in return never given back to mother nature, what it should be done."

"We were spoiling, polluting our own living place EARTH. Mother nature at one time, with sudden effect put all the world in LOCK-DOWN to cure, repair herself. In result now air, water is cleaned naturally."

"From all this period we the humans must understand that have to take care of Nature gifts, Water, Air, Trees, which are free of cost."

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There's a very strong sense of community and you constantly hear sounds of laughter coming from the angels and doctors

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Working here has been a humbling experience. I've also learnt a lot from the locum doctors and seniors
-Doctor during engagement session-

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I feel a sense of purpose and mission in being here
- Hall 8 angel during engagement session -

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I feel proud to be doing this and my children see me as a hero!
- Hall 10 angel during engagement session -

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Here at the CCF, I've done things that I've never done before. My colleagues both at CCF and SGH have supported me and helped me to cope
- Reflection during engagement session -

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Thank you, doctors, for caring for our residents daily!

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Many hands make light work! Our colleagues & sponsors made Fathers' Day an extra special one with lots of goodies! 1500 bags packed in an hour!

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Setting up the D'resort processes in such a short time could only happen because of the hard work of every individual here

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Our colleagues at D'resort have been working hard caring for residents in a different setting! Ganbatte!

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Staff colouring Fathers' Day cards for the residents!

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Our Hall 8 Angel, Siew Hua, demonstrating her hair cutting skills!

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The journey at EXPO has given me an irreplaceable experience! Not to say, it’s teamwork that keep us going as ONE to serve. For now, we will do with an air hi-5 till we all reconnect again after this storm!

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than fighting here together with this amazing team and caring for our foreign brothers!

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I felt so happy to be able to take care of our Migrant workers. They have really helped build up Singapore! Was blessed to be able to work with an amazing set of colleagues including nurses, pharmacists, doctors, security, IT, facilities and so many others.

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Hall 10 may be the furthest apart, but you are always close to our hearts 💕

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“Because to see your smile, make it all worthwhile”

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In battle formation. Ready to enter the frontline. We all stand steadfast. Together we are stronger !

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You are amazing, beautiful, and inspiring in every way. Thank you for the important work that you do!

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Check out this amazing letter of gratitude that our resident wrote!

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Check out this amazing letter of gratitude that our resident wrote!

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You are all heroes in my book! KEEP ON GOING! ^^

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CCF heroes - you have succeeded!

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thank you for your Super professionalism, dedication and giant hearts!!

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You've taken such great care of the residents! Really appreciate it!
- Huipeng -

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Do take care of yourselves and stay healthy!