A new heart centre coming your way in 2013
Heart disease is the second-biggest killer in Singapore, accounting for about one in three deaths. Each year, over 100,000 patients seek treatment at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). By 2015, the number of heart patients locally is expected to jump to 320,000.
To meet the current workload and future demand, a bigger heart centre is needed. The groundbreaking event, officiated by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan was held on 28 March 2009.
L-R: Prov Ivy Ng, DCEO, SingHealth; A/Prof Koh Tian Hai, Medical Director, NHCS; Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan; Prof Tan Ser Kiat, GCEO, SingHealth and A/Prof Terrance Chua, Deputy Medical Director, NHCS at the new building groundbreaking ceremony.
A 9-storey building with a floor area of 38,000m2, the new NHCS will be three times larger than its existing space. A key focus area is on seamless care delivery. The clinic capacity will be increased two-fold. The new building will also feature self-registration kiosks and a one-stop payment system to cut down waiting time for patients. To help patients take charge of their heart health, it will house a new health information library. Setting sights on being a digital heart hospital, the centre will leverage on technology to integrate clinical systems to improve the processes and outcomes of care.
Artist impression - Institution front
Artist impression - Garden front
The building will be located on Hospital Drive, opposite Block 4, Singapore General Hospital and is expect to be ready and operational in 2013.
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"It is my wish that the new National Heart Centre will be the finest heart centre in the East in due course." - Source: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan's blog.