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National Heart Centre (NHC) of Singapore is the national referral centre for cardiovascular
disease in Singapore. It provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and
rehabilitative cardiac services to local and overseas patients.
National Heart Centre has a 186-bed capacity, with more than 9,000 inpatient admissions
annually. Its multi-disciplinary team of professionals carry out approximately 80,000
outpatient consultations, 75,000 cardiac investigative procedures and over 1,700
operations annually.
National Heart Centre, together with its sister institutions under Singapore Health
Services (SingHealth), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore National Eye Centre,
National Cancer Centre, National Dental Centre (which are all located within Outram Campus),
Changi General Hospital, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, National
Neuroscience Centre and eight polyclinics island-wide caters to a complete healthcare
needs of the nation.
SingHealth is one of the two public healthcare clusters. It was incorporated on 31 March
2000 after a major re-organisation of the public health services in Singapore.
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