Tzu Chi’s TCM doctors and volunteers regularly visited the home of a stroke patient to give him acupuncture treatment as well as emotional support. With their continued care and love, the patient is finally able to stand up on his own.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
A learning trip to the Tzu Chi Medical Centre helped a young medical student open a new window to the meaning of life, enabling her to rediscover passion in her calling. She gradually put into practice the humanistic care that she has learned in Tzu Chi..
Medicine, People | Tzu-Chi Foundation
The new Buddhist Tzu Chi Traditional Chinese Medicine Free Clinic is officially inaugurated, marking a new milestone in the NGO’s Mission of Medicine. Offering a variety of holistic services, the clinic aims to cater for the different needs of...
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
Two branches of the Tzu Chi Seniors Engagement & Enabling Node were officially inaugurated in the presence of MPs and residents. These eldercare centres offer comprehensive services and varied activities to senior citizens, allowing them to live a...
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
In June 2019, Tzu Chi Singapore opened two eldercare centres in the west district, allowing senior citizens to bond in friendship, and engage in leisure and health activities. One of the seniors shared, ”I would be staying at home all day (if there were..
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
Mdm. Chieng became paralyzed after undergoing a number of surgeries on her brain. After discharging from the hospital, she started receiving acupuncture and massage treatments from Tzu Chi’s TCM medical volunteers at her home every week. Her condition...
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
As a palliative care nurse, Jacqueline Khoo made painstaking efforts to help her terminal patient, Madam Tan, live a quality life with peace and comfort in her remaining days during the last stage of her life.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
Terminal patient Chua Lye Hock used to throw tantrums and lash out at his nurse, Nancy Tan, but the latter took all his emotional outbursts gracefully. Deeply touched by Nancy’s sincerity and care, Chua bonds with her in a friendship that he cherishes...
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held its first ever TIMA Dental Conference themed, “Tempering Hardware with Heartware” on 26 August 2018.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
A dental assistant plays an important role in helping the dentist. Thus, a workshop that aimed to enhance the skill set of dental assistants was specially held at Tzu Chi’s TIMA Dental Conference themed "Tempering Hardware with Heartware".
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
TIMA members comprising healthcare professionals staged sign language performances and skits, and took on the roles of coordinators, table leaders, etc. at the TIMA Dental Conference held in Orchard Hotel.
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An elderly terminal patient had a wish to have his 50th wedding anniversary photos taken in advance, as he was not sure if he could live for another two years to celebrate the special occasion with his wife. And we heard his wish…
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
During a quarterly blood donation drive held by Tzu Chi Singapore, volunteers not only invited their friends to help promote the event to the public, but they also donated blood themselves.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
Four NTU girls transformed the topic they had chosen for their graduation project into a call to action by collaborating with Tzu Chi to provide pneumococcal vaccination for the elderly.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
Tzu Chi Home Care services team members “played the friendship card” with an elderly patient for three years, before they were able to talk him round to allow them to spring-clean his home for the Lunar New Year.
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Providing dental treatment to the intellectually disabled is not an easy feat. On 10th December 2017, a TIMA dental team held its annual free dental clinic for 24 beneficiaries from MINDS Singapore.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
During a dental outreach at a nursing home, besides bringing dental services to the bedsides of patients, volunteers also assist in washing, sanitizing, arranging, and packing an array of dental equipment...
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
The Tzu Chi Day Rehabilitation Centre is not only a physiotherapy centre, but also a sanctuary where patients and their family members can find a listening ear and much needed emotional support.
Medicine | Tzu-Chi Foundation
