National Heart Centre (NHC) is the national referral centre for cardiovascular diseases serving both local and international patients. Every year, NHC carries out more than 80,000 outpatient consultations, 6,000 operations and receives more than 8,000 inpatient admissions.
Through its multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and health science professionals, NHC addresses the need for more comprehensive
and complex diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac services. It also provides structured cardiovascular rehabilitative and preventive
cardiology programmes for cardiac patients to enhance their recovery process.
Clinical Specialties
Cardiology
• Clinical Cardiology
• Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology
• Electrophysiology and Pacing
• Interventional Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Nuclear Cardiology
• Heart Failure
• Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging
Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Cardiac Surgery (Adult and Paediatric)
• Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Mechanical Heart Assist Device
• Heart Transplant
• Lung Transplant
Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Cardiac and Thoracic Anaesthesia
Cardiac Radiology
• Cardiovascular and Thoracic Radiology
• Neuroradiology and Neurointerventions
• Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
• Cardiovascular Imaging (Cardiac MRI and Multi-Slice CT)
• Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Facts & Figures
National Heart Centre FY 05
Size
Bed Complement (as at end Mar) 185
Beds in Service 184
Workload per annum
Bed Occupancy Rate 67.9%
Inpatient Admissions 8,869
Inpatient Discharges 8,849
Total Patient Days 45,514
Average Length of Stay (days) 5.1
Total Surgical Operations 6,194
Day Surgeries 119
Inpatient Surgeries 6,075
Specialist Outpatient Clinic Attendances 85,738
Staffing (as at end Mar)
Total 661
Doctors 68
Nurses 320
Health Sciences Professionals 75
Others 199
Awards & Certifications
National Heart Centre Singapore
• Accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI)
You may also contact us directly by clicking here Enquiries
However, if you are at a city where we have an office, we will instruct the local representative to
contact you and provide you our personalised services.
East Asia Medical Travel
371 Beach Road #18-00 Key Point, Singapore 199597.
Email Enquiry@eastasiamedical.com
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