| Winner of the Health
Promotion Board’s Platinum H.E.A.L.T.H. Award last year, CGH
bagged another 2 awards this year. CGH’s CEO, Mr T K Udairam,
won the H.E.A.L.T.H. Leader award while the H.E.A.L.T.H. Promoter
2004 award went to Mr Tan Hai Yang, Principal Physiotherapist.
Hai Yang
has been instrumental in helping CGH build up its Workplace Health
Promotion (WHP) programmes which led to the hospital winning the
H.E.A.L.T.H. Gold Award from 2000 to 2002 and the Platinum Award
in 2003. He started out as a member of CGH’s Healthy Lifestyle
Committee in 1999 and has been holding the position of Vice President
of Healthy Lifestyle Committee since 2000.
Hai Yang leads and organises WHP activities such as
mass exercise for ACTIVE Day, Sports Fair, Inhouse “Test Your
Limits” fitness assessment, sports competitions at hospital,
cluster and ministry level eg. captain’s ball, table tennis,
basketball, badminton, volleyball. An exemplary role model, Hai
Yang represented CGH in annual Civil Service cross country run,
beach volleyball and telematch competitions. He also took part in
the recent President’s Challenge 80km Health Relay in September
04 running the leg at 2:30am.
Hai Yang also promoted gym membership
at the Changi Sports Medicine Centre (CSMC) to promote healthy lifestyle
among our staff. He organised roadshows for recruitment and renewal
of gym membership. Hai Yang also developed strategies to increase
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| Mr Tan Hai Yang, Principal Physiotherapist
won the H.E.A.L.T.H. Promoter Award. |
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| Mr T K Udairam, CEO, CGH receiving
the H.E.A.L.T.H. Leader award from Mr. Khaw Boon Wan, Health
Minister. |
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| participation eg. lucky draw freebies for new
gym sign-ups and free 1-month gym memberships for renewals.
An active
sportsman, Hai Yang also organised the first cluster-wide SingHealth
Table Tennis Tournament on 13 Dec 2003. It is a constant challenge
to come up with new healthy lifestyle programmes to attract staff
to participate. Hai Yang formed sub committees consisting of staff
from other departments to brainstorm on new sports and healthy lifestyle
activities eg. pilates, Qigong etc.
A WHP programme cannot succeed without the support of top management.
Mr T K Udairam, CEO has been very supportive of the hospital healthy
lifestyle activities. He extended the use of CSMC to the staff and
allowed the staff to exercise under the supervision of a quality
fitness instructor during their lunch break and after office hours.
He also supported the formation of CGH’s Peer
Support Programme, a staff psychological support programme which
was the first of its kind in Asian hospitals in 2003. Walking the
talk, Mr Udairam leads the mass exercise for ACTIVE Day annually,
takes part in “Test Your Limits” and is frequently seen
at CGH’s WHP activities despite his busy schedule. |
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