Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Health City Novena is an integrated healthcare hub located in Novena, Singapore.It anchors the country's Central Regional Health System. [1] By co-locating healthcare services along the spectrum from acute care through rehabilitation to long term care, it aims to enhance collaboration among healthcare institutions.
[6] [9] Construction works to convert it into a hospital began in 1999. This culminated in the opening of the 380-bed Raffles Hospital on 31 March 2001. [6] It consists of 24 different specialist centres which provides specialist services such as obstetrics and gynaecology, cardiology, oncology and orthopaedics. [12]
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It was established in 2001 to act as the main driver for national health promotion and disease prevention programmes.
National Cancer Centre Singapore; National Centre for Infectious Diseases; National Dental Centre Singapore; National Heart Centre Singapore; National Neuroscience Institute; National Skin Centre; National University Cancer Institute, Singapore; National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore; National University Heart Centre, Singapore
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (abbreviation: TTSH) is a tertiary referral hospital in Singapore, located in Novena.Named after Tan Tock Seng, the hospital has 45 clinical and allied health departments, 16 specialist centres and is powered by more than 8,000 healthcare staff.
Some common indicators used to indicate health include total fertility rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, crude birth and death rate.As of 2017, Singapore has a Total Fertility Rate of 1.16 [5] children born per woman, an Infant Mortality rate of 2.2 deaths per 1000 live births, [6] Crude Birth Rate of 8.9 births per 1000 people [7] and a Death Rate of 3 deaths per 1000 inhabitants. [8]
Tan Tock Seng Hospital is the largest hospital in the group and serves as the flagship hospital for the cluster. [1] As the Regional Health Manager for 1.5 million residents in Central and North Singapore, NHG collaborates with private general practices, public and community health and social care providers to keep residents well and healthy.