Old Changi Hospital
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Old Changi Hospital A&E
 

Old Changi Hospital A&E compounds - now no longer exists

Fuzzy noise in Changi A&E
(Source: SPI Investigation Team)

It was late-afternoon when we first set our footsteps into the OCH A&E.  Many people claimed to have been to the OCH and had a thrilling experience.  But very few would know about OCH A&E.  It was very quiet like a dead house as it was sited down on the other side of the road opposite OCH.  There was still bright sun lights soaking warm the ground during our investigation.

Once we walked in, we already felt the chill and the sharp drop of temperature.  We had a team of three members, each specialized with his own equipment.  Agent K was a camera man, Agent F was taking video and Agent A got his ears covered with earphones that connected to the eavesdropping device - one that has a satellite dish in front for capturing the tiniest sounds.  As usual our EMF meters were attached to our back - just a way to make sure nothing eerie would tailgate us.. If they do, we would be alerted.  In this investigation, however, we were wearing mouth masks, because the building seemed to be ruined and contained a lot of dusts, may be deadly germs too.

This was a three level building, about half the size of the OCH compound.  It has a lobby for registration, clinics for emergency rescues, and a basement!  The upper levels were basically wards of sick beds and offices.  We explored almost every corner.  Nothing looked scary except one section: the A&E waiting room.  The sun was still shining bright outside; the parking bay for ambulances can still be clearly seen.  Inside, it was dim and cold.  Agent A who was the eavesdropping man suddenly paused walking.  His muscles on his face tightened, frowned and twisted!  Ignoring us, he focused pointing his eavesdropping gun forward, slowly swayed it side by side.  He kept on murmuring, 'This is impossible..', 'What the f**k'  A while later he suddenly turned around and pointed the gun to the waiting benches, then turned back to the corridor that we were facing.  We were planning to move into the corridor for checking what was inside.  Agent A just refused to move..  We were shocked too when we saw how frightened he was as though he was listening to something that drew all his attention.

'Wah..!!' out of a sudden he closed his eyes and ran straight out of the building, to the parking bay and climbed to the stairs up to the road.  We never saw him run so fast before.  We rushed out of the building too, and followed him.  Our only thought at that time was to hold him tight - we really felt that he would lose his mind and dashed out to the road.  Cars were traveling fast in Netheravon Road.  It would be fatal if he got hit, no doubt about that.  We finally grabbed him.  Together Agent K and F were holding him on the road side while he just anyhow sat down, breathing heavily.

When he gained his calmness we worriedly asked him 'What the f**k has happened?'  Agent A cleared this throat and gave us a strange reply 'Do you remember what I last saw before I ran out of the compound?'  Agent K surely remembered as he was observing Agent A all the while, from how he suddenly stopped as if he picked up some signals, to the moment he ran away for life.  K said firmly, 'At first you were watching all over the A&E lobby, from far to near, searching for something..  You eye-sights were fuzzy; can't focus nor find what you were expecting to see.  This lasted for about two minutes and your fear ever increased.  Finally you looked at the main board.  That was what you finally saw'.  Still short of breath, Agent A lightly nodded his head and admitted.  .. 'That board.. the poster.. that was what I heard'.  A little confused in the expression he used.  He "heard" a poster?  Doesn't make sense, right?

Fortunately we had taken a picture of that poster.  Please see below.  Agent A continued to explain 'You wouldn't believe it.  As soon as I stepped into the A&E lobby it was like entering a totally different dimension.  The smell changed, the feeling.. that was very hard to describe.. just changed.  I felt that time was changed and the whole atmosphere just changed.  That made me even forgot who I am, where I am, what am I doing and where you guys are!  What sounded around me was very realistic voices, sounds and noises of how patients were unloaded from ambulances, put on trolleys and rushed to the rescue ward.  I can tell you none of the so-called best stereo surround sound system in my house gave me so realistic the sound quality.  I heard big chaos.  People were talking, shouting in a mix of tunes and volumes.  I heard there were engines operating at the back of the building too which I had totally no idea what that was.'

He paused, looked at us.  We looked at him too, expressionless and speechless.  'I know you guys won't believe me.  But I can tell you, even the slightest sound like how a mother sitting on a waiting bench whispering to her child I can hear.'  Agent F interrupted 'Did you see anything?'  'No, nothing, although I was trying to see something', 'That was absolutely a horrifying experience, because you know that you are hearing something but you can't see them at all.  My nerves just got f**ked up.'  'I know that I looked like a jerk just now when my vision and my ears cannot coordinate.'  We tapped his shoulder and said 'ok buddy, lets call it a day.  We go home, take a shower and forget about this for a while, can?'  This instance really made us big creeps.. not just of ghost, but we were damn scared to see Agent A almost jumped out of the road and be hit by a car.  We counted our blessings that nobody was injured.  We take time to solves this mystery later, as long as we are healthy and alive which is most important.
 

This is the poster displayed on the main board of OCH A&E.  Agent A said he "heard" the poster.

OCH secret underground bunker
(Source: SPI Investigation Team)

Investigation the OCH A&E gave us good insights about the locations and design of the military barracks in the Changi area.  Most importantly we studied the possibility of the existence of a secret underground bunker under OCH and the other compounds.  We have a daring speculation, a huge underground bunker would have existed under the hilly area of Changi.  The secret bunker has connecting tunnels linking up most of the commando barracks nearby, and of course, the OCH and OCH A&E.

There was a basement in OCH A&E mainly used for archiving medical records.  However, by estimating its size and the area coverage of the compound, the archive room only occupied less than half the size of the total basement area.  The rest of the basement space, if it ever existed, should be on the other side near the OCH and be accessible through only a few ways, for example, the lift.  As what we could see in OCH A&E (and OCH as well) their lifts were sealed off!  Bricks were used to block the life in OCH A&E.  That means even if you have the power, it wouldn't work.

Now, OCH A&E has been demolished as a flat land.  All the secrets including the access tunnel to the secret bunker are totally buried.  The strange thing is, OCH A&E was torn down about two years ago.  The government doesn't seem to have any plan of reusing the land.  It is still left empty as it was.  Why so hastily wanted to perish that unused building?  Is it a way to cover some secret within?  While the other existing barracks stand still, they are either heavily locked up or guarded by security personnel and dogs.  Why spend such operational cost on just an empty abandoned building?  Some may argue that it is a norm to invest on employing security guard for protecting heritage buildings.  May be so.  But there is a higher chance that those buildings will be pulled down than be preserved.  It just appeared to us that there is some secret they are well being covered.

There are reasons to support this idea.  Take Fort Canning for example.  Only years ago, the government announced and opened the underground bunker at Fort Canning.  Nobody could be sure about its existence before this.  Also, you can see that military installations like Fort Canning, Changi barracks and OCH are commonly built on a hill, such is a strategic location.  Another reason is, it is easier to build an underground compound inside a hill.  One not need to dig so deep into the earth crust.  And some hills inside may naturally have caves like those in Afghanistan.

By studying many references on WWII in Singapore, we found that British had built a 'fortress Singapore' by concentrating their forces in the Eastern side - Changi.  The Navel Base were laid along Sentosa all the way to Changi reckoning that the enemy attack would come from the East and seaward.  These defenses began around Changi, which is at the easternmost point of the Island, and existed in the form of some concrete pill-boxes, anti-boat and anti-tank obstacles, gun posts, land mines and barged wire fences and traps.  The infantry and ammunitions are mostly stationed in Changi too, most probably in those barracks and (if they exist) in the underground bunkers.

A British solider used to say that British had been digging large fortresses around Changi around.  The army installations and ammunitions were enough to overwhelm the Japanese aggression.  And he was shocked on the fall of Singapore although they had piled up a large fighting forces.  From these clues we believe there exist a large hidden underground bunker in Changi area that was built by the British, possibly right underneath OCH.  Here also comes another question, if ever such bunker existed, what would be stored inside?  Why then it has got covered up?
 

It is speculated that the marked military installations on the map are linked up, by a secret underground bunker.

Pictorial Tour

1. This is the main entrance to the OCH A&E.  A desk was placed outside the metal gate. We guessed a security guard used to be there.
2. The two empty bottles with a hole on the cap were hanging on the metal gate.  They are used as insect traps. The trick is:
You put some sweet stuff inside the bottle, drill a small hole on the cap; then insects stupidly climbed in won't be able to get out.
3. This is the view taken through the metal gate - reception lobby and the registration desk.  The light was only a glass refection.
4. An extension building was attached to the A&E compound.  Click here to see how inside was like.


1. A side entrance to the compound was available with the gate open; 2 & 3. It led from side way to the registration lobby.
4. Some panels on the ceiling were fallen.


2. On one side of the registration lobby something seemed to catch fire and burnt before;
3. This is the life that could take you to the basement - but it was blocked.  4. Next to the lift, a stair case leading upstair.


1. Beside the registration lobby, there was the canteen area.  2 & 3. Food used to be served in the centre on the concrete platform.
4. A white-board used for registering the diets for the patients; nowadays Singapore hospitals would have this task computerized.


Through a long corridor after the kitchen, there was the A&E area; the rooms are torn and spooky.


1. Don't panic when you see this photo.  The lights are reflection from the shiny ceiling.  2. Agent A was detecting any unusual sound.
3 & 4. Some areas were in good condition while some were badly ruined.


1 & 2. On the other side of the building you can walk down to the basement through a stair;
3. In the basement you can find an archive room. Here is a map for it;  4. Of course now it is totally empty.


1. This is the entrance to the A&E lobby where it has a metal gate; ambulances can park just under the shelter right at the doorway.
2 & 3. We think the spookiest area is the A&E lobby and its wards - see this yourself.  4. The stair leading upstair from A&E was blocked.


We performed a night investigation too for this compound to check how 'haunted' it was by spirits.  Orbs were everywhere.


This is our last visit to OCH A&E. It was already in the process of tearing down, sadly.