Overview
Changi General Hospital is a 790-bed hospital offering a comprehensive range of medical services and caring for the healthcare needs of the community in the east of Singapore. It was formed as an amalgamation of Toa Payoh Hospital and the former Changi Hospital, and was officially opened on 28 March 1998, carrying forward a rich heritage from its predecessor, Toa Payoh Hospital.
That history began humbly in 1959 as Thomson Road Hospital, which opened with a single ward on a hilltop in a swampy, sparsely populated area to serve the chronically sick and surrounding communities. Over the years the hospital introduced further clinical specialties, including neurosurgery, sports medicine, dermatology, rheumatology and outpatient obstetrics and gynaecology, to meet the community’s growing needs.
The Changi Sports Medicine Centre opened on 12 September 2003 and, equipped with modern diagnostic technology, is Singapore’s largest integrated sports medicine centre within a hospital.
Highlights
- Accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) and ISO
- Recognised with the Healthcare Humanity Awards 2009 and honours at the HRM Singapore Awards 2008
- Home to the Changi Sports Medicine Centre, a multi-disciplinary sports medicine service
- Community eldercare initiatives including HOPE, HomeCare Assist and CHAMPS
Treatments & specialities
Departments include a dental clinic and oral and maxillofacial surgery, alongside broad medical and surgical specialties such as cardiology, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, neurology, sports medicine and rehabilitation medicine.
