The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital 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. Tan Tock Seng Hospital is Singapore's second-largest acute care general hospital with over 1,500 beds. TTSH has the busiest trauma centre in the country;100 trauma cases are seen every day and 100 trauma surgeries are performed daily.
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital in Singapore. It is located next to the Bukit Merah and Chinatown districts of the Central Region,close to the Outram Community Hospital (OCH),which functions as a supplementary community and rehabilitation hospital to SGH for newly discharged patients. There is also the Outram Polyclinic to complement outpatient care. All of these institutions are operated by SingHealth,which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The Institute of Mental Health (IMH),formerly known as Woodbridge Hospital,is a psychiatric hospital in Hougang,Singapore.
Kent Ridge MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line (CCL). Located in the eponymous Kent Ridge of Queenstown,Singapore,the station is near the junction of South Buona Vista Road and Lower Kent Ridge Road. The station serves the National University Hospital and the National University of Singapore.
Singapore Health Services,commonly known as SingHealth,is the largest group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. Established in 2000,the group consists of four public hospitals,three community hospitals,five national specialty centres and a network of eight polyclinics. The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is the largest hospital in the group and serves as the flagship hospital for the cluster.
Mount Alvernia Hospital is the only not-for-profit general acute tertiary care private hospital in Singapore. With close to 380 beds,Alvernia is supported by more than 300 on-campus specialist doctors and nearly 1,400 accredited doctors.
Alexandra Hospital (AH) is a district general hospital located in Queenstown,Singapore that provides acute and community care under the National University Health System.
The Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) at Thiruvananthapuram is a cancer care hospital and research centre. RCC was established in 1981 by the Government of Kerala and the Government of India. It is located in the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College campus in Thiruvananthapuram,the capital city of the state of Kerala. It was established as an expansion of the Radiation Therapy / Radiotherapy department of Medical College Trivandrum. It is a tertiary care center for the managements of all types of cancers. The clinics are mainly on Haematology,Lymphoreticular,soft tissue,bone,head and neck,breast,CNS,gynaecological,urinary,chest,gastro,paediatric oncology and thyroid.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is one of England's largest acute teaching trusts. It was established on 1 April 2006 following the merger of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre NHS Trusts. They provide acute and specialist services to 2.5m people within Nottingham and surrounding communities at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and the City Hospital campuses,as well as specialist services for a further 3-4m people from across the region.
Healthcare in Singapore is under the purview of the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It mainly consists of a government-run publicly funded universal healthcare system as well as a significant private healthcare sector. Financing of healthcare costs is done through a mixture of direct government subsidies,compulsory comprehensive savings,national healthcare insurance,and cost-sharing.
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is Singapore's first general hospital and also its oldest and largest hospital. It is located along Outram Road,in the heart of a medical hub known as the Outram Campus (comprising several medical institutions including the Health Promotion Board and Health Sciences Authority). The hospital's history spans nearly two centuries and can be traced back to the British colonial era of 19th century Singapore.
The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center located in Baltimore,Maryland.
NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City,New York,United States. The health system consists of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine,both part of New York University (NYU),and more than 300 locations throughout the New York City Region and Florida,including six inpatient facilities:Tisch Hospital;Kimmel Pavilion;NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital;Hassenfeld Children's Hospital;NYU Langone Hospital –Brooklyn;and NYU Langone Hospital –Long Island. It is also home to Rusk Rehabilitation. NYU Langone Health is one of the largest healthcare systems in the Northeast,with more than 49,000 employees.
The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center,previously the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI),is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center located in the Hillman Cancer Center in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh,adjacent to UPMC Shadyside. The only NCI-designated cancer center in Western Pennsylvania,Hillman is composed of collaborative academic and research efforts between the University of Pittsburgh,the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC),and Carnegie Mellon University. Hillman provides clinical cancer care to some 74,000 patients treated at its facilities at both the Hillman Cancer Center location in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh and at UPMC-affiliated sites throughout Pennsylvania,New York,Ohio,and overseas locations. Founded in 1984,Hillman became the youngest cancer center in history to achieve NCI-designation. As of 2007,Hillman had received nearly $200 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute,which ranks it as one of the top ten cancer research institutes.
The National University Health System (NUHS) is a group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. The group was formed in 2008 and operates several hospitals,national specialty centres,and polyclinics. The National University Hospital is the largest hospital in the group and serves as the flagship hospital for the cluster.
The Duke–NUS Medical School (Duke–NUS) is a graduate medical school in Singapore. The school was set up in April 2005 as the Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School,Singapore's second medical school,after the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,and before the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. It is a collaboration between Duke University in the United States and the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Duke-NUS follows the American model of post-baccalaureate medical education,in which students begin their medical studies after earning a bachelor's degree. Students are awarded degrees from both Duke University and the National University of Singapore.
Tan Chorh Chuan is a Singaporean college administrator and professor who served as the second president of the National University of Singapore between 2008 and 2017. He is currently a professor at the National University of Singapore.
The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, established in 1905,is the first institution of higher learning in Singapore and the genesis of the National University of Singapore. The School is one of many who offer medical programmes in the Asia Pacific region. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 by subject and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2019 list NUS Medicine as the leading medical school in Asia. Its distinguished alumni include cabinet ministers of Singapore,well-known doctors and a Prime Minister of Malaysia and father of the president-elect of Singapore.
