Brief profiles of some Singapore hospitals

Brief profiles of some Singapore hospitals

In 2000, the World Health Organization ranked Singapore sixth in
the world in terms of providing the best health care (number one
was France while Japan was number 10). That placed the country's
health system as the best in Asia.

More than 150,000 international patients come to Singapore
every year, with Indonesians being the largest market.

Here are brief profiles of hospitals in Singapore, which
provide international patient services.

Parkway Group Healthcare
International Medical Referral Center (MRC)

Parkway Group Healthcare claims to be the largest healthcare
group in Asia. It owns three leading private hospitals in
Singapore (East Shore Hospital, Gleaneagles Hospital and Mount
Elizabeth Hospital), and has seven hospitals in India, Indonesia
and Malaysia.

Its strengths are in the leading technology, infrastructure
and sources, which enable the group to serve medication for
complex cases or severe and disseminated cancer, and liver
transplants.

The group is the only one in Asia that has the Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) Scan other than Hong Kong. The PET,
which is able to produce powerful images of the human body's
biological functions, has been found useful in different types of
cancer, coronary artery disease and certain brain diseases.

The group also has a center of pelvic care to cure pelvic
floor disorder, symptoms of which include pain or discomfort in
the lower abdomen, bloating, inability to control urination or
bowel movements or pain during sexual intercourse.

Parkway Group Healthcare
302 Orchard Road, #16-01/02/03 Tong Building
Singapore 238862
24-hour hotline: (65) 67355000
Fax: (65) 67326733
Email: mrc@parkway.com.sg

Raffles International Patients Center

Though the Raffles Hospital was not established until 2001, the
Raffles Medical Group has been operating in Singapore since 1976
and in Hong Kong since 1996.

Looking more like an office complex than a hospital, with its
zen-ish design, it is equipped with various specialty centers,
such as the Raffles Cancer Center, the Raffles Women's Center,
the Raffles Health Screeners Center, the Raffles Japanese Center
and the Raffles Aesthetic Center.

The hospital comprises 120 specialists, including neurosurgeon
Keith Goh Yu-Ching, whose team has succeeded in separating
conjoined Nepalese twins connected at the head in 2001. Goh and
his team are now working to separate conjoined Iranian twins
Ladan and Laleh Bijani.

Raffles Hospital
585 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188770
24-hour hotline: (65) 63111666
Fax: (65) 63112333
Email: enquiries@raffleshospital.com

National Healthcare Group
International Patient Liaison Center

Incorporated in 2000, the National Healthcare Group (NHG) manages
a cluster of four hospitals: Alexandra Hospital, National
University Hospital (NUH), Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the
Institute of Mental Health/Woodbridge Hospital.

It also manages Johns Hopkins-NUH International Medical
Center, two national specialty centers (the National Neuroscience
Institute and National Skin Center), nine polyclinics, and three
specialty institutes (The Eye Institute, The Cancer Institute and
The Heart Institute).

The group is offering the entire range of specialties, such as
cardiology, pediatric medicine and surgery, orthopedic surgery
and ophthalmology.

National University Hospital
5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074
24-hour hotline: (65) 67792777
Fax: (65) 67778065
Email: iplc@nuh.com.sg

Singapore Health Services (SingHealth)
International Medical Service (IMS)

SingHealth manages Singapore General Hospital (SGH), the
country's largest acute care tertiary hospital with more than 300
specialists.

The hospital is the main teaching hospital for postgraduate
and advanced training of specialist doctors in Singapore. It is
also a major training ground for nurses and paramedic staff from
other training and medical institutions in Singapore and the Asia
Pacific region.

SGH offers 14 specialist outpatient clinics and supporting
services such as diagnostic radiology, rehabilitation and
dietetic services.

The hospital also owns the first urology center in Asia,
famous for kidney transplants and robotic operation (the second
country in Asia to have robotic surgery after Japan).

Singapore General Hospital
Block 6, Level 1, Outram Road, Singapore 169608
Tel: (65) 63265656
Fax: (65) 63265900
Email: ims@sgh.com.sg

-- Hera Diani