The real story behind Old Changi Hospital

The real story behind Old Changi Hospital, isn’t about what the place seems to have got an unfortunate reputation more recently for.  The former hospital, which has its roots in the RAF Hospital set up after the war in 1947, is a place that many who were warded or who worked there remember with fondness.

The hospital, with a reputation of being one of the best military medical facilities in the Far East, is also well remembered for the wonderful views its wards provided of the sea and that it was felt aided in rest and recovery.

Members of the public got to learn about the background to the hospital and how some of the basis for the more recently circulated myths are quite clearly false during a visit to the site as part of the Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets series of State Property Visits organised with the support of the Singapore Land Authority. More on the visit and the series can also be found at the links below.

More on the visit:

• A compilation of photos on Facebook
• A wonderful set of sketches executed in double quick time by Pardeep Alva
• The only ghost spotted by participants 

More on Old Changi Hospital / Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets:

• Guided tours of best kept secrets in S’pore (The Straits Times, 23 July 2017)
• Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets: Visit a former power station
• On Instagram
• A wander through Old Changi Hospital

Also of interest:

• The first RAF hospital in Singapore