When you seek medical help at KKH, you know you’re not alone. We’ve set up several support groups for our patients and their families.

So you know that there are others like you whom you can share your fears and frustrations, hopes and happiness with.

Craniofacial Support Group

Managed by craniofacial affected families, volunteers and coordinators, the support group provides mutual support, interaction and friendship building. It aims to share experiences so that craniofacial affected children can grow up happy and confident.

The support group is made up of smaller groups, including:

• Cleft Lip and Palate Group
• Craniosynostosis Group
• Aperts Group
• Hemifacial Microsomia (HFM) Group
• Haemangioma Group

One Saturday each month is designated “Activities Day”. This is when parents, patients, keen interested personnel or volunteers participate in activities such as arts workshop, yoga, counseling workshop etc.

The cleft and craniofacial team also conducts continuing education to enforce awareness and knowledge of the condition.

To join the club, please contact coordinator Josephine Tan (tel: 6394 5034 / hp: 9100 3978 / email: josephine.tan@kkh.com.sg) or nurse specialist and research coordinator Joanne Cheng (tel: 6394 5035 / hp: 9180 0186 / email: joanne.cheng@kkh.com.sg).

Neonatology Parent Support Group

Managed by doctors and nurses from the Department of Neonatology, the support group aims to help parents with premature babies cope better.

Monthly sharing sessions among parents of current Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies and parents of ex-NICU babies are organised for members to draw support from one another.

Some other activities include a special educational programme for parents of low birth weight infants to prepare them for their babies' discharge, and home care visits for babies with special needs e.g. home oxygen therapy.

Children’s Diabetes Support Group

Your child was diagnosed with diabetes and your world has been turned upside down. Where do you go from here? How do you handle the responsibility? How do you help your child live life to the fullest?

Diabetes often redefines the lives of the children and their families, impacting every aspect of their lives. New roles and responsibilities are placed on the family and changes made to cope with the condition.

The support group provides children with diabetes and their families a platform for mutual support and interaction. It offers families the opportunity to meet and share their experiences with each other.

Members of the support group meet every 3-4 months – usually during the school holidays – for informal get-togethers and continuing education, conducted by the Diabetes Multi-disciplinary Team.

This support group is headed by Diabetes Nurse Joyce Lim and strongly supported by the team. For further enquiries, feel free to call

Office tel: 6394 3771 / 6394 2094

Operating hours are:
Monday – Friday, 8.30 am – 5.00 pm
Saturday, 8.30 am – 12.00 pm

Asthma Club

For asthmatic children and their parents, the club helps them learn about:

• Bronchial asthma
• How to manage the condition
• How they can lead a normal and active life

The club organises activities every three months, usually during the school holidays. Some of the programmes include educational seminars for parents and older children, and indoor and outdoor activities supervised by our medical professionals.

For enquiries, please call tel: 6394 3016/1139/1119.

Children’s Cancer Foundation Family Support Centre

The foundation’s Family Support Centre provides counselling, therapeutic play, parents’ support group and has a resource library. These services are for children stricken with cancer and their families.

Contact tel: 6394 8236 for more information, or visit their website at www.ccf.org.sg

Club Rainbow

Club Rainbow provides counselling, play therapy and group work to children suffering from chronic and potentially life threatening illnesses.

For more information, visit their website at http://www.clubrainbow.org