10/28/2017 Hospital Overview Singapore General Hospital

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Hospital Overview
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is the first and largest hospital in
Singapore. It provides affordable specialist care for patients, training for
doctors and other healthcare professionals, and conducts research to bring
better care to its patients.

A not-for-profit institution, SGH is wholly owned by the government of

Singapore and the flagship hospital of the public healthcare system. SGH is
a member of the SingHealth cluster of healthcare institutions.

Patient Care
SGH sees patients referred by Family Physicians as well as specialists in
both public and private practice. The hospital provides a comprehensive
range of medical services within one complex. There are 5 National
Specialist Centres co-located on SGH Campus, facilitating a multi-
disciplinary approach to treatment. SGH practises team-based care,
provided by clinicians, nurses as well as allied health professionals.

Every year, the SGH Campus caters to over 1 million patients. With a 10,000-strong workforce, SGH accounts for about a
quarter of the total acute hospital beds in the public sector and about one-fifth of acute beds nationwide.

SGH is accredited by the Joint Commission International for meeting its standards of safety and quality in healthcare. It is
also the first in Asia to achieve the Magnet Recognition in 2010 for nursing excellence awarded by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center.

Teaching Hospital
SGH is a leading teaching hospital for undergraduate medical training as well as postgraduate and advanced training
of specialist doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Students from both the National University of Singapores Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Graduate
Medical School spend a substantial part of their curriculum in SGH. The hospitals medical staffs hold teaching positions at
both schools.

It also serves as a clinical teaching hospital for student nurses, radiographers and therapists from the polytechnics and
medical institutions here and the Asia Pacific region.

Patient-directed Research
SGH seeks to bring its patients new and better care and therapies through research.

Clinical research is an integral part of SGHs institutional practice and is actively carried out by clinicians and scientists
from medical, nursing and allied health departments. The hospital leverages on its multi-disciplinary capabilities, depth of
specialization, a large patient base and its research affiliations with renowned centres locally and globally.

Collaborating with academic partner Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, which is located on SGH Campus, the hospitals
goal is to develop the Campus into a hub for translational and clinical research.

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