The
Singapore General Hospital (
abbrev:
SGH;
Chinese: 新加坡中央医院; ; ) is the largest and oldest
hospital in
Singapore, of which the foundation of its first building was laid in 1821.
The
Singapore Health Services hospital occupies sprawling grounds at
Outram Park, sharing space with four specialist medical centres, namely the
Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), the
National Heart Centre (NHC), the
National Cancer Centre (NCC) and the
National Dental Centre (NDC).
History
The Singapore General Hospital was established in 1821, when the first General Hospital was located in the
cantonment for
British troops near the
Singapore River. It later shifted to Pearl's Bank and then to the Kandang Kerbau district, before finally settling at
Sepoy Lines in
Outram Road in 1882.
The modern history of Singapore General Hospital began on 29 March 1926, with the opening of 800 beds in the Bowyer, Stanley and Norris Blocks. Today, only the Bowyer Block with its historically distinctive
clock tower remains. The Bowyer Block is now home to the
Singapore General Hospital Museum (SGH Museum).
In 1981, the hospital was rebuilt, with its current 8-block complex housing in-patient wards,
ambulatory and support services,
research laboratories and a
postgraduate medical institute.
On 1 April 1989, the hospital was restructured, in an effort to modernise the organisation of the hospital, due to rapidly developing changes in healthcare services and patient expectations for better service. As...
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