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ABOUT NHCS

Introduction

Each year, 90,000 patients seek treatment at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). This high workload reflects their trust in us as the leading heart care provider.

We pride ourselves as a national and regional referral centre for cardiovascular diseases and are dedicated to providing optimal care at the best value through our three core pillars – Patient Care, Education and Training, and Research.

As a 185-bed national centre for cardiovascular medicine in Singapore, NHCS provides a one-stop comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative cardiac services.

We have the largest heart specialists group in Singapore and sees the highest volume of heart patients locally. Our clinical outcomes for heart attack treatment, balloon angioplasty with stenting and coronary bypass surgery are on par with international standards.

The heavy workload enables us to accumulate our wealth of experience through the diversity of heart conditions treated, especially the complex cases.

Patients can be assured of safe and quality care at NHCS as we have been accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), since 2005. JCI is a standard-setting and accrediting body for healthcare institutions. NHCS was the first heart centre outside USA to receive the prestigious accreditation in 2005.

The National Heart Centre Singapore is a member of SingHealth, the largest healthcare group in Singapore. SingHealth offers a complete range of multi-disciplinary and integrated medical care. The group consists of 3 Hospitals (Singapore General Hospital, Changi General Hospital, KK Women's and Children's Hospital), 5 National Specialty Centres (National Heart Centre Singapore, National Cancer Centre Singapore, National Dental Centre Singapore, National Neuroscience Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre) and a network of 9 Polyclinics.

 



 

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