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SWITCH (Sengkang Weight Improvement Therapy & Complete Health)

SWITCH at Sengkang General Hospital adopts a multidisciplinary team approach to help individuals lead a healthy lifestyle and in the process, achieve long-term weight loss and weight maintenance. The hospital's vision of "Healthy Living. Fulfilling Life" is at the heart of the SWITCH, which aims to provide evidence-based weight loss programme.

SWITCH provides integrated weight management care to help individuals achieve complete physical, mental, psychological and spiritual wellness. Using evidence-based approaches to weight management, the multidisciplinary team comprising bariatric physicians and surgeons, psychiatrist, psychologists, physiotherapists, and dieticians who will guide them throughout the programme to achieve long-term complete health. The comprehensive services include dietary modification advice, exercise and physical activity, behavioural modification, medical therapy, bariatric endoscopy as well as bariatric metabolic surgery.

Conditions we treat

Our Clinical Services

  • ​Bariatric Surgery
  • Bariatric Endoscopy – Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty/Intragastric balloon
  • Medical Weight Management
  • Cardiopulmonary (Fitness) Exercise Testing
  • Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) assessment
  • Exercise consultation and prescription
  • Supervised exercise
  • Assessment of psychological conditions
  • Psychotherapy for weight management issues and other psychological conditions
  • Pre-surgical screening for bariatric surgery
  • Medical Health assessment for obesity and medical therapy prescription
  • Plastic Surgery – Post-bariatric surgery body contouring surgery