Singapore General Hospital
| Singapore General Hospital | |
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Block 4 entrance of the Singapore General Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bukit Merah, Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°16′43.2″N 103°50′03.7″E / 1.278667°N 103.834361°E |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I |
| Beds | 1700 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1821 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
The Singapore General Hospital (abbrev: SGH) is the largest and oldesthospital in Singapore, of which the foundation of its first building was laid in 1821. The hospital is where the founding father of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was treated with pneumonia and it is also the hospital where he died.
The hospital, which is operated by SingHealth, occupies sprawling grounds in the eastern part of Bukit Merah, 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).
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 along 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.
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