Six months ago, I was at Schiphol Airport, lining up at the immigration counters for the second time in four hours after missing my flight back to the UK. Standing next to me was a tall man. He had a durag on and multiple tattoos rippling in long lines down

Everyone who has spent time near a hospital knows the particular quality of its waiting. Time thickens. The clock on the wall seems to keep different hours in a waiting room than it does anywhere else in the building. You come to know the vending machine, the water cooler, the

Tick tock, tick tock, Each second I count, A strange hush falls all around, Feet tread lighter, And my eyes grow heavy As I await the first ray of dawn. Those under my care Rest in the sweet land of dreams Their steady breaths Become my lullaby. Tick tock, tick

以后谁照顾小妹？Who will look after Little Sister after I’m gone? The first time we visited Mr Koh’s home, he apologised to us before we even sat down. “很乱,” he murmured. Very messy. The flat was small and dim, crowded with the quiet accumulation of daily living. Plastic bags

This piece is part of In Common, a collaborative writing series where voices from across the healthcare community respond to a single shared word - Threshold That wobbly threshold. That space in between. Some call it liminal. Others say it is natural. I felt it with you, Jo, when you informed

by Su Ann This piece is part of In Common, a collaborative writing series where voices from across the healthcare community respond to a single shared word - Threshold The resus bay doors have a particular weight to them. You cross them and become someone else. The four-month-old came

A personal experience of art transforming one’s perspective This piece is part of In Common, a collaborative writing series where voices from across the healthcare community respond to a single shared word. For our inaugural theme, Thresholds, Evangeline Chai reflects on how we might be able to cross the

This piece is part of In Common, a collaborative writing series where voices from across the healthcare community respond to a single shared word.

SGH Office of Well-Being The SGH Office of Well-Being has piloted a new Creative Health–informed approach to staff well-being, a debut initiative which reimagines how staff well-being messages are shared—through a sensory, aesthetically rich experience that invites staff to pause, connect, and feel cared

By Louis Tong “Is the grey spot on the front of the eye anything to worry about?” Joyce (not her real name) asked me over the phone. I placed a finger to my other ear to block out the conversation between another doctor and his patient in my room. The