Alexandra Hospital
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Alexandra Hospital (Abbreviation: AH; Chinese: 亚历山大医院) is a 400-bed hospital located in the south-western part of Singapore. Nestled in a 110,000 square metre land, the hospital is a picture of tranquil setting, lined with mostly colonial style buildings built since the late 1930s.
[edit] History
Established in 1938, the hospital served as the principal hospital for the British in the Far East and was known as the British Military Hospital. After World War II to the 1970s, Alexandra Hospital remained as one of the most modern hospitals in Singapore right to the 1970s.
In its heyday, Alexandra Hospital was an institution that adopted cutting-edge medical technology and was the first hospital in Southeast Asia to successfully perform limb re-attachment to a patient. Alexandra Hospital possessed several well-known medical expertise. These include:
- Sir Roy Calne, an international renowned transplant surgeon
- Major A.P. Dignan, a world famous transplant surgeon and professor of Surgery in the University of Cambridge, Clinical School
- Sir Weatherakk, Regius professor of medicine and Honorary Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at University of Oxford
The hospital was handed over to the government of Singapore in 1971 and remained as Alexandra Hospital. On 1 October 2000, the hospital became a member of the National Healthcare Group when it underwent major upgrading of its facilities.
In 2001, plans were made to move to a new hospital in Jurong by 2006 [1][2]. However, in 2004, these plans were scrapped in favour of a move to a new 500-bed hospital in Yishun to be called Northern General Hospital, by March 28, 2009. [3][4]. (This hospital in Yishun is not to be confused with another new hospital planned for nearby Woodlands, which was announced in March 06, on the basis that Northern General would not be enough to serve people living in the north. [5])
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.parliament.gov.sg/reports/public/hansard/full/20020325/20020325_HR.htm
- ^ Ministry of National Development, Launch of Draft Master Plan 2003 (West Region)
- ^ http://www.alexhosp.com.sg/topics_speech_17march04.asp
- ^ Straits Times, 23 Mar 2004, 400-bed hospital for the north in Yishun Central
- ^ Straits Times, 27 Mar 2006, New general hospital to be built in Woodlands
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