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Tzu Chi Holds First Quarterly Blood Drive at SAFRA
Tzu Chi conducts its first blood donation drive in SAFRA Jurong; even an afternoon shower couldn’t douse the donors’ passion to donate blood to save lives!
Tzu Chi Elicit Smiles from Children at Dental Clinic
“I look forward to this day every year; my child just wishes for people to be around him and make him laugh,” said a mother whose child is a member of the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled in Singapore (MINDS). The Tzu Chi International Medical Ass
Free Dental Services Bring Smiles to Elderly Patients
For TIMA (Tzu Chi International Medical Association) members who provide free monthly dental services to the Ren Ci Nursing Home at Bukit Batok, the joyful smiles of their patients is the best form of reward. Though they face many challenges, their attitu
An ALS Patient Faces Life With Positivity
Back in June 2014, the Tzu Chi Home Care Services team were notified about an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient. ALS, also commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rare
affliction that causes muscular weakness and atrophy in patients. Suff
Passing the Baton On in Blood Donations
At the quarterly blood donation drive held at the Tampines Central Community Club, Tzu Chi volunteers not only met a blood donor who has been donating blood for the past 30 years, they also saw hope for the future in the young donors, who would continue t
A Smile from an Elephantiasis Sufferer
After more than a year of care from the Tzu Chi medical home care team, Salih, an elephantiasis sufferer for the past 20 years, finally walked out of the dark days in his life as his sores started to heal. The team who has been visiting him once a week is
Tzu Chi Signs MOU with Ren Ci to Provide Free Dental Services
On 23rd April 2016, Tzu Chi Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ren Ci Nursing Home located in Bukit Batok Street 52 (which started operations in 2015). The partnership enables dental professionals from the Singapore branch of the Tzu
Who is Coming Over for the New Year Cleanup?
Before the Lunar New Year, many families were busy spring-cleaning their homes. However, this task was a difficult challenge for those plagued with physical or mental illnesses. Such was the case with Tzu Chi beneficiary Grandpa Jiang, who suffers from de
TIMA Dentists’ Commitment Benefited Over a Hundred
Choking back his emotions, TIMA dentist Dr Eugene Tang Kok Weng related, "Having operated the free dental clinic for patients from MINDS (Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore) for eleven years, we see how these children have grown up. Som
A Bright Smile Begins with Nice Teeth
Tzu Chi Singapore has been co-operating with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) to provide home-based medical, nursing, and physiotherapy services to residents who are unable to leave their homes for various reasons. After these services were launched i
Bone Marrow Donors Pass On Their Love Eternally
On 11 July, 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) organized a talk on Bone marrow donation at the Tzu Chi Free Clinic in Redhill, inviting Ms Elise Lee from the Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) as speaker. Many among the 21 invited attendees register
TIMA Nurses Receive Healthcare Humanity Award
Medicine, being a noble profession to safeguard life and health, is a calling to genuinely care for the sick. It was no wonder that four of Tzu Chi International Medical Association’s (TIMA) nursing professionals received the Healthcare Humanity Award (in
Organ and Body Donation: A Living Legacy
On 13th June, 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) and the National Organ Transplant Unit jointly organized a medical forum on the theme of “Knowledge and Awareness of Organ and Body Donation”. Hosted at the Tzu Chi Free Clinic, the forum, which saw a
Seeing the World in a Whole New Light
From being bedridden to being able to sit unaided for more than 10 minutes, Hamidah, who has been paralyzed for fourteen years, can now finally see the outside world from her windows. Having received Tzu Chi Home Care Services for less than a year...
Post-TIMA Conference Reconnection Night
From 6 to 8 March, 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held its inaugural Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) Conference, which was attended by more than 350 participants. One month later, 78 healthcare workers, most of whom had particip
Hospitals Join Hands for Health and the Environment
On 8 March 2015, the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and Taiwan’s Tzu Chi Foundation co-organised the “HPH & Environment Symposium” to further their twin causes of health promotion and environmental protection. Tzu Chi also signed a Memorandum of Understan
Healthcare Professionals Renew their Calling
Humanistic medicine is about giving of oneself to patients, and this was a recurring topic at the Singapore Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) Conference held at The Matrix, Biopolis, earlier in March. Inspired by the program and speakers, c
Lighting the Lamp of Humanism in the Medical Field
During the second day of the 2015 TIMA conference held in Singapore, many real life stories of the interactions between healthcare workers, volunteers, patients and their families were shared. The 340 participants gained a deeper understanding in the holi
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