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Johns Hopkins-NUH International Medical Centre to Relocate to Tan Tock Seng Hospital
November 5, 2004
Contact: Zane Chan
E-mail: zane_chan@ttsh.com.sg
or
Emilio Williams
emilio@jhmi.edu
The Johns Hopkins-NUH International Medical Centre (JH-NUH IMC), currently located at the National University Hospital (NUH), will be relocated to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). This is to facilitate the growth of JH-NUH IMC. The relocation is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2005. The facility will be renamed Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre.
JH-NUH IMC opened in October 2000 as a private medical centre to bring world-class oncology service to Singapore and to support Singapore’s drive to become a major regional medical hub. JH-NUH IMC is a member of the National Healthcare Group. It combines NHG institutions’ excellence in patient care, education and research with Johns Hopkins management and clinical standards, to offer local and foreign patients the latest in cancer care and research.
Since its inception, JH-NUH IMC has experienced almost 30% annual growth in patient load, driven primarily by the rise in the number of foreign patients, who comprise nearly 80% of overall patient activity. These foreign patients come from countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The concept of JH-NUH IMC has proved to be effective. The Centre attracted many foreign patients from the region and it continues to play a significant role in establishing Singapore as a regional medical hub. In three years, it has outgrown its premises in NUH. At the same time, The Cancer Institute@NUH (TCI@NUH) is also doing well with rising patient volume. As such, NUH is unable to accommodate JH-NUH IMC’s growth.
Together, the JH-NUH IMC and TTSH will create synergies by utilizing the excess capacity and newer facilities at TTSH. These synergies also will maximize the Centre’s growth potential and, in turn, boost Singapore’s drive to be the regional medical hub.
At TTSH, the Centre will be licensed and operate as a separate private health care facility drawing on the high quality services provided by TTSH. The medical model will ensure that holistic and seamless treatment and services are provided for patients who require multi-disciplinary care. With the move to a larger facility, the Centre will extend its medical oncology services to subsidised patients.
With patients as the first priority, JH-NUH IMC will do its best to ensure that patients continue to receive quality care and treatment and are not inconvenienced unnecessarily by the relocation.
The National Healthcare Group (NHG) manages:
Four hospitals - Alexandra Hospital, National University Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the Institute of Mental Health/Woodbridge Hospital;
The Johns Hopkins-NUH International Medical Centre; one National Centre – National Skin Centre;
The NHGP chain of nine polyclinics - Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Hougang, Jurong, Toa Payoh, Woodlands, Yishun;
Three speciality institutes - The Cancer Institute, The Eye Institute and The Heart Institute; and
Five Business Divisions - NHG College, NHG Diagnostics, NHG Gulf, NHG Pharmacy and NetCare Internet Services.
Our vision is "Adding years of healthy life to the people of Singapore”.
Johns Hopkins and the National University Hospital have developed a state-of-the-art oncology unit in Singapore. Johns Hopkins – NUH International Medical Centre, which is a member of the National Healthcare Group, offers its patients access to the world renowned services of Johns Hopkins in a geographically convenient location.
Johns Hopkins-NUH International Medical Centre draws from the excellence of Johns Hopkins and the National Healthcare Group in patient care, education and research to offer patients oncology services of the highest standards.
JH-NUH IMC operates as a private hospital within the National University Hospital (soon to be moved to Tan Tock Seng Hospital) offering its local and international patients the latest cancer care and research under the management and standards of Johns Hopkins.
The team of Johns Hopkins-trained oncologists ands nurses provides high-quality health care to patients battling cancer in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Physicians from Johns Hopkins and NHG also collaborate on joint research to advance medical care and to train tomorrow’s leaders in medicine.
The Centre recently became the 1st private hospital in Singapore to achieve Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation in Sept 2004 affirming our commitment to the provision of the highest quality healthcare standards that Johns Hopkins Institutions are renowned for.
The Cancer Institute offers comprehensive cancer-management programmes to tackle the disease from prevention to recovery and long-term health maintenance. By integrating the various cancer services and fields of expertise in NHG institutions, TCI is able to provide seamless and coordinated healthcare so that the disease can be better managed in its patients. Patients also receive dedicated professional care when needed, and in the most effective manner.
TCI aims to reduce cancer mortality and enhance quality of life by preventing cancer and providing treatment and care through progressive efforts in service, education and research. Research is focused on identifying molecular markers for diagnosis and developing new treatment strategies. This work is being done in close collaboration with NUH.
Currently, TCI's services are available at Alexandra Hospital, National University Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and NHG Polyclinics. There is also collaboration with general practitioners, clinical trial groups, hospices and cancer support groups to ensure patients receive full continuum of care.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital was established in 1844 through the generosity of Mr Tan Tock Seng and other 19th century local philanthropists to provide proper medical care to the sick poor. In 2001, the National Heritage Board listed TTSH as a historic institution. This honour is for its role in providing healthcare, developing medical services and training of local healthcare professionals.
Today, TTSH is Singapore's second largest hospital with over 1,400 beds. It encompasses the main hospital complex at Jalan Tan Tock Seng and three other campuses: the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) 1 and 2 and the TTSH Rehabilitation Centre at Ang Mo Kio Hospital.
TTSH is an acute care general hospital with 17 clinical disciplines. Of these, TTSH's distinctive strengths are in Geriatric Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Rehabilitation Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. It is also a major referral centre for Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Ophthalmology (Eye), Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat), Orthopaedic Surgery, General Medicine and General Surgery.
In March 2003, when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) struck Singapore, TTSH was designated as the screening and treatment centre for SARS patients.
The National University Hospital (NUH) is a 928-bed acute-care, tertiary hospital with 21 clinical, 3 dental and 6 paramedical departments, as well as 29 Specialist Outpatient Clinics (including 5 Satellite Outpatient Clinics) and 20 Specialised Service Centres. Started in 1985 as the first government-owned restructured hospital, it focuses on patient care, research and education. NUH is committed to provide personalised, cost-effective, specialised patient care within the environment of intensive research and excellent medical education.
As Singapore’s only university hospital, NUH actively supports clinical teaching for undergraduate medical student and postgraduate training for specialist doctors. The hospital also collaborates with and serves as a clinical and research base for the medical and dental faculties of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Taking Patient as its focus, and the People its pride, NUH became the 1st hospital in Singapore to achieve Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation in Sept 2004. The JCI Accreditation affirms that the processes and procedures that we have put in place are of international quality standards that represent a worldwide consensus on quality patient care and reflects state-of-the-art healthcare practices and healthcare delivery trends.
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