Outram Road

Outram
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	欧南
• Pinyin	oùnán
• Hokkien POJ	au-lâm
• Malay	Outram
• Tamil	ஊட்ரம்
Outram Road with Outram Park MRT Station and the Pearl Bank Apartments in the background.
Country	Singapore

Outram, also known as Outram Park, is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area is bordered by these planning areas - Singapore River to the north, the Downtown Core to the east and south, as well as Bukit Merah to the west.

Outram is home to several key municipal buildings, such as Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and several other specialist health centres operated by Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) as well as the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Police Cantonment Complex. Outram Secondary School is situated in nearby York Hill. Across the Outram Road from the Outram MRT Station is the Health Sciences Authority building. Along the same side of the road further down towards College Road, is Block 9 where Mortuary@HSA is located. At the junction of Outram Road and College Road stands the Alumni Building which at one time housed the Department of Scientific Services (DSS) before it was relocated to its present location in HSA Building.

Outram Road was named by the Municipality in 1858 after a British general, Sir James Outram (1803–1863), of the Indian rebellion of 1857 fame. The nearby Havelock Road was named in reference to Major-General Sir Henry Havelock. General Outram and General Havelock were two of the leaders in the British army during the Indian rebellion of 1857.