IN HER letter ("Nurse went the extra mile"; Jan 23), Ms Tan Peck Kwan said her family had turned down a referral to Dover Park Hospice (DPH) because it did not allow family members to stay over with their loved ones.
DPH allows families to stay over if the patients are in single rooms. Unfortunately, as much as we try our best to accommodate most families' requests for single rooms, we are constrained by the number of such rooms available.
Currently, DPH has only 12 single rooms out of the 50 beds, and these are reserved for patients with special needs or those who are in their last days of life.
We understand that most families would wish to spend more private time with their loved ones in the hospice. Therefore, we have plans to build more single rooms in the new DPH premises, which will be ready in about five years' time.
In the meantime, we seek the understanding of our patients and families as we strive to serve them to the best of our ability.
Wu Huei Yaw (Dr)
Medical Director
Dover Park Hospice
DPH allows families to stay over if the patients are in single rooms. Unfortunately, as much as we try our best to accommodate most families' requests for single rooms, we are constrained by the number of such rooms available.
Currently, DPH has only 12 single rooms out of the 50 beds, and these are reserved for patients with special needs or those who are in their last days of life.
We understand that most families would wish to spend more private time with their loved ones in the hospice. Therefore, we have plans to build more single rooms in the new DPH premises, which will be ready in about five years' time.
In the meantime, we seek the understanding of our patients and families as we strive to serve them to the best of our ability.
Wu Huei Yaw (Dr)
Medical Director
Dover Park Hospice
