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NOVU is the flagship brand of Novena Global Lifecare Group with over 40 clinics in Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Myanmar and Spain. The clinic chain specialises in providing aesthetic and wellness services to the masses. It also manufactures and distributes a range of skin and body care products. [18] [19]
Camden Medical is a private medical centre in Singapore. It was established in 1999 and is located at One Orchard Boulevard near the Tanglin and Orchard Road area next to Orchard Boulevard MRT station. Developed by the Kwee brothers, [1] the 17-storey cylindrical building was designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Richard Meier. [2]
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 ...
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.
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]
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 ]
The medical centre caters to patients of all ages from Singapore, Southeast Asia, and international patients from all countries visiting Singapore. Staff who understand multiple languages such as Indonesian, Russian, and Malay are available on-site to provide translations. [citation needed] There are two locations of Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
The hospital's specialist outpatient clinics and day surgery operating theatres opened on 29 March 2010. [6] The initial timeline was delayed by about three months because of the Indonesian sand ban and disruption to granite supplies. This forced contractors to bring in more equipment and workers to make up for the time lost. [7]