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11 November 2014
MEDIA RELEASE
KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL SETS A FIRST EVER RECORD IN THE SINGAPORE
BOOK OF RECORDS FOR THE LONGEST ZUMBATHON
Over three hundred staff from Khoo Teck Puat Hospital — managed by Alexandra
Health System — did a Zumba dance for two hours and eleven minutes yesterday (10
November 2014) at Yishun Pond, entering the Singapore Book of Records (SBOR) for
the longest duration of Zumba dance!
This is the second SBOR record that KTPH, as a health promoting hospital, has
achieved. In 2012, KTPH entered the SBOR for the largest Gangnam Style dance
during its annual Dinner & Dance, with more than 1,300 participants dancing in beat.
Yesterday’s Zumbathon was organised as part of the hospital’s annual Active Day.
Each year, KTPH staff would do a mass walk or jog in the Yishun neighbourhood during
the hospital’s Active Day, as part of their active and healthy lifestyle. As health
advocates for the community, such activities also serve as a platform for the hospital’s
staff to be visible ambassadors of health and encourage the community to incorporate
exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Ms Lisa Choo, Organising Chairperson of Zumbathon and a Senior Clinical
Psychologist with the Department of Psychological Medicine, said: “Many hospital staff
love dancing, especially the Zumba, and there are growing numbers of staff gathering
after work to dance in areas around the hospital. So we felt that we should celebrate
this year’s Active Day with a team event that challenges our perception of what is
possible. We also want to take the opportunity to encourage patients and residents to
exercise regularly as part of a healthy lifestyle. The rest is history!”
Alexandra Health System (AHS) which manages KTPH recently won the Work-Life
Achiever Award, part of the Work-Life Excellence Awards 2014 given by the Tripartite
Committee on Work-Life strategy. The regional health system’s commitment to
workplace health and staff welfare was also lauded when AHS beat global multi-national
corporations to win the inaugural Global Healthy Workplace Award in April 2013.
High-resolution photos of the Zumbathon can be downloaded for your use at
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6baeqxt3mgfgtrg/AAC7j1sPqYJRNCzVAVqE7Ltba?d
l=0
We would appreciate it if you could credit any photo used to “Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
(Alexandra Health System)”.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Tan Boon Leng
Corporate Communications Department
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (Alexandra Health System)
Tel: 6602 2452
Mobile: 9138 1524
E-mail: tan.boon.leng@alexandrahealth.com.sg
Cerelia Lim
Corporate Communications Department
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (Alexandra Health System)
Tel: 6602 2459
Mobile: 9296 9102
E-mail: lim.cerelia.lk@alexandrahealth.com.sg
About Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), a 590-bed general and acute care hospital, opened in June 2010.
KTPH combines medical expertise with high standards of personalised care, set within a healing
environment, to provide care that is good enough for our own loved ones. From intuitive wayfinding to
logical clustering of services, KTPH’s design is focused on providing a hassle-free experience for
patients. KTPH serves more than 700,000 people living in the northern sector of Singapore.
About Alexandra Health System
Alexandra Health System (AHS) offers multi-disciplinary and holistic care for the patient’s total well-being.
Established on 1 April 2008, Alexandra Health is a new healthcare cluster in the north that currently
manages the 590-bed Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. As part of an integrated healthcare system to serve the
community in the region, Alexandra Health will build and oversee the Yishun Community Hospital, the
new Admiralty Medical Centre in the Kampung Admiralty integrated development, and the Woodlands
Integrated Healthcare Campus (WIHC). The community hospital will be operational in end December
2015 whilst the medical centre and WIHC will be ready in 2017 and progressively in 2022.
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