Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is Singapore's largest acute tertiary hospital and national referral centre. Dedicated to providing multidisciplinary medical care and backed by state-of-the-art facilities, it offers team-based quality patient care that is widely acknowledged to be amongst the best in the world.

Established in 1821, SGH is Singapore's public sector flagship hospital. Specialties like Plastic Surgery and Burns, Renal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Pathology and Haematology have been established as national referral centres, enabling them to offer the most developed medical technology, highest medical expertise and largest range of services in the country.

With its 29 clinical specialties, SGH is also a seat of medical education and a centre of research for innovative treatments and medical breakthroughs. SGH is the largest teaching hospital in Asia and second largest in the world to be accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI).


PATIENT REFERRAL CONFIRMATION FORM

Clinical Specialties
Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care
Colorectal Surgery
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Family Medicine & Continuing Care
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Geriatric Medicine
Haematology
Hand Surgery
Internal Medicine
Neonatal & Developmental Medicine
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Nuclear Medicine & PET
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
Pathology
Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Psychiatry
Rehabilitation Medicine
Renal Medicine
Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology & Immunology
Urology
Facts & Figures
Singapore General Hospital FY 05
Size  
Bed Complement  (as at end Mar) 1,516   
Beds in Service 1,449   
Workload per annum  
Bed Occupancy Rate 81.3%   
Inpatient Admissions 71,951   
Inpatient Discharges 72,219   
Total Patient Days 429,989   
Average Length of Stay (days) 6.0   
Total Surgical Operations 74,891   
Day Surgeries 41,143   
Inpatient Surgeries 33,748   
Specialist Outpatient Clinic Attendances 629,423   
Accident & Emergency Attendances 121,610   
Staffing (as at end Mar)  
Total 4,980   
Doctors 618   
Nurses 2,045   
Health Sciences Professionals 738   
Others 1,580