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Novena Global Lifecare Group is a Singapore based medical and aesthetic group operating in Asia. [1] The group provides skin and body care and wellness services and products. Presently, the group has 100 clinics in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, India and Malaysia. [2] [3]
In 1976, the group's founders, Dr Loo Choon Yong and Dr Alfred Loh, opened their first two clinics in Singapore's Central Business District with the aim of providing medical services to corporate clients. By 1989, this had grown to five clinics and it was then that the two friends decided to incorporate their clinics into a medical practice group.
Singapore General Hospital: 1821 Outram: 1,939 [3] 9,201 [3] Khoo Teck Puat Hospital: 2010 Yishun: Public (National Healthcare Group) 795 [4] Tan Tock Seng Hospital: 1844 Novena: 1,700 [4] Woodlands Health Campus: 2023 Woodlands: 1,800 [5] Alexandra Hospital: 1938 Queenstown: Public (National University Health System) 326 [6] National ...
Originally known as the Chung Hwa Free Hospital, the institution was established on 28 October 1978 as a branch of the Chung Hwa Free Clinic along Telok Ayer Street. [2] [3] Its construction was funded by public donations during a fundraising campaign held in 1972, with contributions coming from a variety of donors, including over 5,700 taxi drivers and 500 trishaw riders.
In November 1999, then-Minister for Health Lim Hng Kiang announced that Singapore's public healthcare institutions would be reorganized into two delivery networks, or clusters. [2] In October 2000, the formation of the two clusters - National Healthcare Group and SingHealth - was officially completed. [ 3 ]
In 2000, Singapore was ranked 6th in the World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems. [1] Bloomberg ranked Singapore's healthcare system the most efficient in the world in 2014. [2] The Economist Intelligence Unit placed Singapore 2nd out of 166 countries for health-care outcomes. [3]
From 2011 to 2016, the Singapore-based healthcare provider has expanded its presence to Malaysia, Indonesia, and Hong Kong [1] and now operates with a staff of close to 400 medical professionals and over 1,000 support staff [10] and a network of over 8,000 associate hospitals and clinics. [1]
The hospital is accredited by Joint Commission International and is located in Singapore's Orchard Road, [3] on Mount Elizabeth. It is the first private hospital in Singapore to perform open-heart surgery and to establish a nuclear medicine centre. [1] The royal family of Brunei built a Royal Suite in the hospital for their own use. It was ...