06 May 2016
“Clinical pastoral care is compassionate healthcare. It is about giving your full attention to another person, listen to them to have good communication and rapport. We must give our patients and their family emotional support and uphold them as illness dampens the spirit. We need to give them our love and respect, in turn, they will trust us and they can then have better peace of mind knowing that we sincerely care. We work as a team with doctors and nurses to treat each patient as a person, not the illness,” she said.
In recognition of her life-long service and dedication to patient care, Sr Christiane is selected by The Courage Fund to receive the Healthcare Humanity Awards during the ceremony to be held on 6 May 2016 at Ci Yuan Community Club.
Sister Christiane has an extraordinary rapport with people. People from all walks of life and levels in society not only will take to her immediately but will go out of their way to keep in touch with her. A religious sister of the Infant Jesus (IJ) congregation, Sister Christiane first worked in the orphanage in the Infant Jesus Convent at Victoria Street looking after abandoned babies and nursing them back to health. From 1961, she started to look after the elderly sisters in the infirmary in the convent at Victoria Street. Nursing was her joy and love and continues to be till today albeit she is in a different role as a Clinical Pastoral Care Counsellor.
In 1989, together with Sister Bernadette, our last year’s HHA Honour Medallion winner, Sister Christiane is one of our pioneers of the Clinical Pastoral Care service in the hospital and in Singapore. For more than 25 years, she has provided compassionate healthcare being present to others, acknowledging their humanity and supporting their need, whatever that may be.
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About Mount Alvernia Hospital
Founded based on Catholic values by the Sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) in 1961, Mount Alvernia Hospital (MAH) is a not-for-profit 335-bed general acute care private hospital. Supported by over 1,450 accredited doctors and 150 specialist doctors on the campus, the hospital has tertiary medical capabilities and two multi-disciplinary medical specialist centres. MAH is the only private hospital in Singapore providing dedicated Clinical Pastoral Care as part of holistic care for patients and their families. For more information, please refer to our website at www.mtalvernia.sg.