IHH Singapore Honours Its Healthcare Humanity Award Recipients 2025

At IHH Healthcare Singapore, care is more than what we do, it’s who we are. This year, we are honoured to celebrate the extraordinary individuals and teams who exemplify compassion, collaboration, resilience, and selflessness at the Healthcare Humanity Awards (HHA) 2025.

These awards pay tribute to those who go beyond their call of duty to touch lives, inspire hope, and uplift the spirit of care in our community. Among the shining highlights of this year’s recognition is the Endoscopy Project Renaissance at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, a remarkable transformation driven by empathy and innovation.

With patient comfort and safety as their north star, the team reimagined how care could be delivered even amid an active hospital environment. They introduced thoughtful touches such as earplugs and headphones to ease anxiety during procedures, and made a strategic move to relocate the Endoscopy Centre closer to the Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre, improving emergency response times and overall efficiency.

Behind the scenes, meticulous planning and teamwork ensured that services continued seamlessly throughout the project. The result is an expanded, purpose-built Endoscopy Centre featuring patient-only corridors and dedicated lifts, offering greater privacy, dignity, and safety for every patient. It stands today as a powerful example of how design, collaboration, and compassion can come together to transform the care experience.

Honouring Our Everyday Heroes

We also celebrate our outstanding Healthcare Humanity Award recipients from across the IHH Healthcare Singapore family. Each embodies the spirit of care and the values that define our organisation: selflessness, compassion, and resilience.

🏅 Alice Teo (Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore) – Healthcare Humanity Award for Selflessness
🏅 Soe Myint (Mount Elizabeth Hospital) – Healthcare Humanity Award for Compassion
🏅 Destri (Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital) – Healthcare Humanity Award for Resilience
🏅 Lois Chan (Parkway Shenton) – Healthcare Humanity Award for Resilience
🏅 Kamilah Tohar (Parkway Laboratories) – Healthcare Humanity Award for Resilience

These individuals have touched countless lives by comforting families, uplifting patients, and inspiring colleagues through quiet strength and unwavering dedication. Their stories remind us that every act of kindness, no matter how small, leaves an enduring impact on those we serve.

The Courage to Care

From visionary projects that elevate patient experiences to the nurses who care with heart and humility, our honourees embody what it truly means to be a catalyst for better care.

They remind us that healthcare is not only about skill or science, but also about humanity; about choosing empathy in moments of pressure, showing strength in times of uncertainty, and standing together to make a difference.

From visionary projects that elevate patient experiences to the nurses who care with heart and humility, our honourees embody what it truly means to be a catalyst for better care.

To all our awardees and teams: thank you for living out our purpose each day. You remind us that while technologies and treatments may evolve, the heart of healthcare will always be compassion.