St Luke's Hospital, Singapore

St Luke's Hospital, Singapore

St Luke’s Hospital is a community hospital in Singapore that provides professional healthcare services to the needy elderly regardless of race and religion. It was named after the patron saint of the medical profession, St Luke. St Luke’s Hospital for the Elderly Sick was registered as a voluntary welfare organization in the Registry of Societies in October 1991. It was renamed as St Luke’s hospital in September 2004 to signify the hospital’s role as a community hospital while retaining its focus on core expertise- geriatric care. The idea of setting up community hospital was first mooted by a group of Christian doctors and nurses after a report from the Advisory Council on the Aged in 1988 raised important issues concerning the lack of adequate elderly care facilities in Singapore. A projection of the number of facilities and resources needed to provide adequate healthcare services to Singapore’s aging population in 2030 revealed serious shortfalls. In response to the problem of inadequate healthcare facilities for the elderly, a group of 8 churches and Christian organizations including the Graduate Christian Fellowship and the Singapore Nurses’ Christian Fellowship came together to set up St Luke’s Hospital for the Elderly Sick. St Luke’s Hospital is headed by a board of directors and various committees that oversee the daily operations of the hospital.