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Congratulations to Assoc Prof Albert Teo (Dept of Management & Organisation) for being such an inspirational figure to the society!
USP Deputy Director, Assoc Prof Albert Teo, was one of the 101 Healthcare Heroes lauded at Healthcare Humanity Awards (HHA) 2016. The HHA was initiated by The Courage Fund in 2004 to salute exemplary healthcare professionals who go beyond the call of duty to help others. This year, three new categories were introduced to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of healthcare workers - in this case, A/P Albert Teo being a healthcare volunteer - who provide holistic and person-centred care in the community.
A/P Teo has been a volunteer in the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) wards at Tan Tock Seng Hospital since 2001. Regardless of how busy he may be, he goes to CDC every Saturday to visit the patients. Being introverted by nature, he felt discouraged during the first two months of volunteering as he found it challenging to initiate conversations with patients. Upon further reflection, he decided to try his massage skills on the patients, which worked. The “touch therapy programme” was then born. Other volunteers have since been employing the same touch therapy for the patients. This therapy approach sends signals of acceptance and care thus providing emotional healing for the patients. #NUSBeyond #NUSCares
Read more: http://usp.nus.edu.sg/highlights/2016/prof-teo-healthcare-humanity-awards-2016.html …
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