New SGH Emergency Building Opens, Bringing Stroke Care Under One Roof
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Singapore General Hospital (SGH) has opened a new emergency building that brings stroke assessment and treatment together in one place. The building is designed to help patients who suffer a stroke get care more quickly.
The new building includes Singapore's first angiography suite based in an emergency department. An angiography suite is a room with special imaging equipment that doctors use to look at blood vessels in the brain. Because the suite is inside the emergency department, stroke patients can be assessed and moved to treatment without leaving the same area.
With this set-up, patients can undergo endovascular treatment, a procedure that doctors use to remove blockages in blood vessels. Speed is very important in stroke care, because the brain can be damaged quickly when blood flow is blocked. By placing these services under one roof, the hospital aims to reduce the time between a patient's arrival and the start of treatment.
The opening shows how Singapore's hospitals are improving their emergency services. For residents, it means that people who suspect a stroke in the emergency department may have access to advanced care in the same building where they are first examined.
Sources: 联合早报
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